Database could not be removed

We are running SQL Server 2000 Ent SP4 on Windows Server 2003 Ent SP1. Now we
are facing a strange case where when we tried to restore and overwrite a
database, it always say database is in use and cannot be overwritten. I have
tried to detach and even delete it but everytime it just said the database is
in use and refused to give up. I have checked and make sure no users and
connections are make to the said database. Eventually I have to resort to
restarting the SQL service to remove this database.
Is there a way to remove or overwrite a database without restarting the SQL
service?
Are you sure YOU are not in the database when you are trying to restore or
detach?
If you run the sp_lock procedure, look for DB locks in the database you are
trying to remove. There will then be a spid, which can let you determine who
is in the database.
HTH
Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
www.solidqualitylearning.com
"mpWong" <mpWong@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are running SQL Server 2000 Ent SP4 on Windows Server 2003 Ent SP1. Now
> we
> are facing a strange case where when we tried to restore and overwrite a
> database, it always say database is in use and cannot be overwritten. I
> have
> tried to detach and even delete it but everytime it just said the database
> is
> in use and refused to give up. I have checked and make sure no users and
> connections are make to the said database. Eventually I have to resort to
> restarting the SQL service to remove this database.
> Is there a way to remove or overwrite a database without restarting the
> SQL
> service?
>
|||Thanks for your advice. I will check next time this happens again. I am
absolutely sure nobody or myself was using the database when I tried the
restore.
"Kalen Delaney" wrote:

> Are you sure YOU are not in the database when you are trying to restore or
> detach?
> If you run the sp_lock procedure, look for DB locks in the database you are
> trying to remove. There will then be a spid, which can let you determine who
> is in the database.
> --
> HTH
> Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
> www.solidqualitylearning.com
>
> "mpWong" <mpWong@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C1F40A29-F5E0-4A8A-A993-4167AB6A76F2@.microsoft.com...
>
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