To remove a database
The Databases collection contains Database objects exposing Microsoft® SQL Server™ databases.
With the Databases collection, you can:
For more information about creating databases, see Database Object.
To remove a database
Set oDatabase = oSQLServer.Databases("Northwind", "stevenb")
Note Using the Remove method of the Database object or Databases collection drops the referenced database on the SQL Server installation. The action is not recoverable.
The Item method of the Databases collection supports member selection using the database name or the ordinal position of the object in the collection. Additionally, when using the database name to select an object from the collection, the Item method allows owner name qualification of the targeted SQL Server database. For example:
Set oDatabase = oSQLServer.Databases("Northwind", "stevenb")
The Remove method of the Databases collection supports member targeting using either the database name or the ordinal position of the object in the collection. The Remove method does not support database owner name qualification when using the method to drop a database. When using the Databases collection to remove a SQL Server database, it is suggested that you use either the Item or ItemByID method of the collection to extract the object referencing the correct database, then use the Remove method of the Database object.
Note Creating or removing databases by using the Databases collection requires appropriate privilege. The SQL Server login used for SQLServer object connection must be a member of one of the fixed roles sysadmin or dbcreator.
| Add Method | Refresh Method |
| Item Method | Remove Method (Collections) |
| ItemByID Method |