Functions/Operations/Remove-Description.ps1
function Remove-Description { <# .SYNOPSIS Removes the `MS_Description` extended property for a table or column. .DESCRIPTION The `sys.sp_dropextendedproperty` stored procedure is used to remove a table/column's description (i.e. the `MS_Description` extended property), but the syntax is weird. This function hides that weirdness from you. You're welcome. .EXAMPLE Remove-Description -TableName WhoseitsWhatsits Removes the description (i.e. the `MS_Description` extended property) for the `WhoseitsWhatsits` table. .EXAMPLE Remove-Description -TableName WhoseitsWhatsits -ColumnName IsSnarfblat Removes the description (i.e. the `MS_Description` extended property) for the `WhoseitsWhatsits` table's `IsSnarfblat` column. #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Alias('Schema')] [string] # The schema. Defaults to `dbo`. $SchemaName = 'dbo', [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [Alias('Table')] [string] # The name of the table where the extended property is getting set. $TableName, [Parameter(ParameterSetName='ForColumn')] [Alias('Column')] [string] # The name of the column where the extended property is getting set. $ColumnName ) Set-StrictMode -Version 'Latest' $optionalArgs = @{ } if( $ColumnName ) { $optionalArgs.ColumnName = $ColumnName } Remove-ExtendedProperty -Name 'MS_Description' ` -SchemaName $SchemaName ` -TableName $TableName ` @optionalArgs } |