Question

By using this statement in SQL Server:

EXEC sp_msforeachtable 'DROP TABLE ?'

I know it’s possible to delete all tables at once.

Is there a similar statement for views? I tried this hoping to be lucky:
EXEC sp_msforeachview ‘DROP VIEW ?’ but it doesn’t work!

Answer 1

Here you have, no cursor needed:

DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(MAX) = ''
        , @crlf VARCHAR(2) = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) ;

SELECT @sql = @sql + 'DROP VIEW ' + QUOTENAME(SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id)) + '.' + QUOTENAME(v.name) +';' + @crlf
FROM   sys.views v

PRINT @sql;
EXEC(@sql);