/* Empty out a schema, useful for SunSystems where a user was not in dbo default schema! Joe Scott, Lake Financial Systems joe.scott@lake.co.uk */ DECLARE @sourceSchemaName sysname = 'DOMIAN\SunSystemsServices' --Schema you are emptying DECLARE @newSchemaName sysname = 'dbo' --Schema you are loading to DECLARE @tableName sysname DECLARE @sql nvarchar(1000) DECLARE tidySchema cursor FOR SELECT name FROM sys.objects WHERE (schema_id = schema_id(@schemaName)) AND TYPE IN ('U') OPEN tidySchema FETCH FROM tidySchema INTO @tableName while @@FETCH_STATUS=0 BEGIN SET @sql = 'alter schema [' + @newSchemaName + '] transfer [' + @sourceSchemaName + '].[' + @tableName + ']' PRINT @sql --EXEC sp_executesql @sql FETCH NEXT FROM tidySchema INTO @tableName END CLOSE tidySchema DEALLOCATE tidySchema