So, how can I drop all indexes in a SQL database with one command? I have this command that will get me all the 20 or so drop statements, but how can I run all of those drop s
this worked for me we skip sys indexes and for constraints
declare @qry nvarchar(max);
select @qry = (
select 'IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.indexes WHERE name='''+ i.name +''' AND object_id = OBJECT_ID(''['+s.name+'].['+o.name+']'')) drop index ['+i.name+'] ON ['+s.name+'].['+o.name+']; '
from sys.indexes i
inner join sys.objects o on i.object_id=o.object_id
inner join sys.schemas s on o.schema_id = s.schema_id
where o.type<>'S' and is_primary_key<>1 and index_id>0
and s.name!='sys' and s.name!='sys' and is_unique_constraint=0
for xml path(''));
exec sp_executesql @qry