Drops an alternate language from the server and removes its row from master.dbo.syslanguages.
sp_droplanguage language [, dropmessages]
is the official name of the language to be dropped.
drops all Adaptive Server system messages in language. You cannot drop a language with associated system messages without also dropping its messages.
This example drops French from the available alternate languages, if there are no associated messages:
sp_droplanguage french
This example drops French from the available alternate languages, if there are associated messages:
sp_droplanguage french, dropmessages
Executing sp_droplanguage drops a language from a list of alternate languages by deleting its entry from the master.dbo.syslanguages table.
If you try to drop a language that has system messages, the request fails unless you supply the dropmessages parameter.
Only a system administrator can execute sp_droplanguage.
Values in event and extrainfo columns from the sysaudits table are:
| Event | Audit option | Command or access audited | Information in extrainfo | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | exec_procedure | Execution of a procedure | 
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System procedures sp_addlanguage, sp_helplanguage