Error trying to delete database user account schema

Question

I'm trying to delete a user's schema from a database and I'm getting the following error:

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Drop failed for Schema 'ext_owner'.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

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Cannot drop schema 'ext_owner' because it is being referenced by object 'getroles'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3729)

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What is the getroles object?

How do I get rid of the reference so I can remove the old user account?

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM sys.objects 
WHERE name = 'getroles' 
AND schema_id = SCHEMA_ID('ext_owner');

Then do:

DROP <object type> ext_owner.getroles;

--or

ALTER SCHEMA <some other schema> TRANSFER ext_owner.getroles;

You will likely have to repeat this a bunch of times. You can't drop a schema that is not empty.