Showing posts with label SQL database. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SQL database. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Drop database even it is in use

The following script will delete a database even if it is in use:


EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_delete_database_backuphistory @database_name = N'MyDatabase'
GO
USE [master]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [MyDatabase] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
GO
ALTER DATABASE [MyDatabase] SET SINGLE_USER
GO
USE [master]
GO
DROP DATABASE [MyDatabase]
GO


Hope it helps.
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