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DROP RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)

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Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

Drops a user-defined Resource Governor resource pool.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

DROP RESOURCE POOL pool_name  
[ ; ]

Note

To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.

Arguments

pool_name
Is the name of an existing user-defined resource pool.

Remarks

You cannot drop a resource pool if it contains workload groups.

You cannot drop the Resource Governor default or internal pools.

When you are executing DDL statements, we recommend that you be familiar with Resource Governor states. For more information, see Resource Governor.

Permissions

Requires CONTROL SERVER permission.

Examples

The following example drops the resource pool named big_pool.

DROP RESOURCE POOL big_pool;  
GO  
ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE;  
GO

See Also

Resource Governor
CREATE RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)
ALTER RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)
CREATE WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)
ALTER WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)
DROP WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)
ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR (Transact-SQL)