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How to drop table with all reference to this table

I want to drop a table, and this table has be many table's foreign key. So I want to drop all those reference (just refernece, not other table) within the drop table process. Is there any simple SQL,...
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Difference between DROP and TRUNCATE

What does the TRUNCATE do differently to drop? I believe it deletes all the data in the table but keeps the table name in the database, where as DROP deletes all data and the table. Is this correct ?...
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Is it possible to force drop of mysql tables with FK?

For dropping a table in which a Foreign Key is used in other tables, it is necessary to drop all other tables having FK connection with the corresponding table. Is there a short way to drop a table, ...
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How to undo DROP TABLE statement?

I’ve accidentally executed DROP TABLE statement on a wrong table. I have backups that are several days old that I can use to recover table and most of the data but not all. I know that SQL Server ...
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Shrink database after drop table?

I had a table with 70+ million records in a SQL Server database, I dropped that table (a one-time thing) to free up space on the disk, but it looks like the size didn't change much. I do see that I ...
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How to drop multiple tables with common prefix in one query?

I'm using Microsoft SQL Server 2008.My question is:How to drop multiple tables with common prefix in one query? something like that table names: LG_001_01_STLINE, LG_001_02_STFICHE
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