{"id":9291,"date":"2019-02-10T11:18:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T11:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2019-02-10T11:18:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T11:18:53","slug":"cannot-drop-database-because-it-is-currently-in-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/cannot-drop-database-because-it-is-currently-in-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot drop database because it is currently in use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to delete the database, you will get this error if there is an open session on the database.<\/p>\n<p>First, set the database to single_user mode. Then you can delete it.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">USE [master]\r\nGO\r\nALTER DATABASE Test SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE\r\nGO\r\nDROP DATABASE [Test]\r\nGO<\/pre>\n<p>With the above script, we close the open connections in the database and set the database as single_user so that only we can use it by ourselves and then delete it. If the database is already in single_user mode, you will get an error as follows.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Msg 5064, Level 16, State 1, Line 3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Changes to the state or options of database &#8221; cannot be made at this time. The database is in single-user mode, and a user is currently connected to it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Line 3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>ALTER DATABASE statement failed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Msg 3702, Level 16, State 4, Line 5<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Cannot drop database &#8220;&#8221; because it is currently in use.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To manually kill all sessions that use the database in single_user mode, you must run the following query. You should write your own database name instead of &#8220;Test&#8221;.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">select * from sys.sysprocesses where dbid=DB_ID('Test')<\/pre>\n<p>The records returned as a result of the query are the processes on this database. You can find and kill the session_ids that use your database. Then you can delete the database. 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