DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)

Drops a server audit specification object using the SQL Server Audit feature. For more information, see Understanding SQL Server Audit.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION audit_specification_name
[ ; ]

Arguments

• audit_specification_name
  Name of an existing server audit specification object.

Remarks

A DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION removes the metadata for the audit specification, but not the audit data collected before the DROP command was issued. You must set the state of a server audit specification to OFF using ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION before it can be dropped.

Permissions

Users with the ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT permission can drop server audit specifications.

Examples

The following example drops a server audit specification called HIPAA_Audit_Specification.

DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION HIPAA_Audit_Specification;
GO

For a full example about how to create an audit, see Understanding SQL Server Audit.

See Also

Reference

CREATE SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)

ALTER SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)

DROP SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)

CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)

ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)

CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)

ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)

DROP DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)

ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)

sys.fn_get_audit_file (Transact-SQL)

sys.server_audits (Transact-SQL)

sys.server_file_audits (Transact-SQL)

sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)

sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)

sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)

sys.database_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)

sys.dm_server_audit_status (Transact-SQL)

sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)

sys.dm_audit_class_type_map (Transact-SQL)

Audits (General Page)

Server Audit Specifications (General Page)

Database Audit Specifications (General Page)

Concepts

Audits Node (Object Explorer)