How to drop all stored procedures at once in SQL Server database?

Question

Currently we use separate a drop statements for each stored procedure in the script file:

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[MySP]')   
  AND type in (N'P', N'PC'))  
DROP PROCEDURE [dbo].[MySP] 

Is there a way to drop them all at once, or maybe in a loop?

Answer 1

Something like (Found at Delete All Procedures from a database using a Stored procedure in SQL Server).

Just so by the way, this seems like a VERY dangerous thing to do, just a thought...

declare @procName varchar(500)
declare cur cursor 

for select [name] from sys.objects where type = 'p'
open cur
fetch next from cur into @procName
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
    exec('drop procedure ' + @procName)
    fetch next from cur into @procName
end
close cur
deallocate cur

Answer 2

I would prefer to do it this way:

• first generate the list of stored procedures to drop by inspecting the system catalog view:

  SELECT 'DROP PROCEDURE ' + p.NAME
  FROM sys.procedures p 
  

  This generates a list of DROP PROCEDURE statements in your SSMS output window.

• copy that list into a new query window, and possibly adapt it / change it and then execute it

No messy and slow cursors, gives you the ability to check and double-check your list of procedure to be dropped before you actually drop it