Question: I have created a foreign key (in SQL Server) by:

```
alter table company add CountryID varchar(3);
alter table company add constraint Company_CountryID_FK foreign key(CountryID) 
references Country;

```

I then run this query:

```
alter table company drop column CountryID;

```

and I get this error:

> 
> *Msg 5074, Level 16, State 4, Line 2  
> 
>  The object 'Company\_CountryID\_FK' is dependent on column 'CountryID'.  
> 
>  Msg 4922, Level 16, State 9, Line 2  
> 
>  ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN CountryID failed because one or more objects access this column*
> 
> 
> 

I have tried this, yet it does not seem to work:

```
alter table company drop foreign key Company_CountryID_FK; 
alter table company drop column CountryID;

```

What do I need to do to drop the `CountryID` column?

Thanks.

Answer: 
Try

```
alter table company drop constraint Company_CountryID_FK

alter table company drop column CountryID

```
```
alter table company drop constraint Company_CountryID_FK

```