Deleting of Databases

Windows 2003 SP2 with SQL 2000:
We are trying to delete some databases that are old and the Enterprise
Manager hangs on deletion. We upgraded from SP 3a to 4 hoping that would fix
the problem but it doesn't. We've tried from other SQL boxes' Enterprise
Managers as well with no privail. Is there any way (potentially from SQLCMD)
to properly force the deletion of a database? Thanks in advance to anyone
with some info!
ctowndu33 wrote:
> Windows 2003 SP2 with SQL 2000:
> We are trying to delete some databases that are old and the Enterprise
> Manager hangs on deletion. We upgraded from SP 3a to 4 hoping that would fix
> the problem but it doesn't. We've tried from other SQL boxes' Enterprise
> Managers as well with no privail. Is there any way (potentially from SQLCMD)
> to properly force the deletion of a database? Thanks in advance to anyone
> with some info!
Have you tried to switch database to off-line mode (or detach database)
and then delete mdf/ldf files?
PL
|||1) Do you get any error message (perhaps logged in the sql server error
logs?
2) Have you tried this from the command line or from query analyzer?
Kevin G. Boles
TheSQLGuru
Indicium Resources, Inc.
"ctowndu33" <ctowndu33@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Windows 2003 SP2 with SQL 2000:
> We are trying to delete some databases that are old and the Enterprise
> Manager hangs on deletion. We upgraded from SP 3a to 4 hoping that would
> fix
> the problem but it doesn't. We've tried from other SQL boxes' Enterprise
> Managers as well with no privail. Is there any way (potentially from
> SQLCMD)
> to properly force the deletion of a database? Thanks in advance to anyone
> with some info!
|||Now we realize that we can delete the databases if we clear the check mark to
remove backups. It's almost like it is searching for old backups that don't
exist any more. I though maybe I would see some really slow speeds (if it is
searching for old backups) if I try and do a restore. Turns out it took like
10 minutes for the restore box to pop up. Could the history of backups
contain orphaned informationt that would be causing this non-responsive
behavior? Thanks again everyone!
"ctowndu33" wrote:

> Windows 2003 SP2 with SQL 2000:
> We are trying to delete some databases that are old and the Enterprise
> Manager hangs on deletion. We upgraded from SP 3a to 4 hoping that would fix
> the problem but it doesn't. We've tried from other SQL boxes' Enterprise
> Managers as well with no privail. Is there any way (potentially from SQLCMD)
> to properly force the deletion of a database? Thanks in advance to anyone
> with some info!
|||Or perhaps it is simply taking forever to find the backups to delete? I
have a client with 6500+ databases on one server. I long ago had to create
several indexes on msdb tables so that things like this would work. The
index seeks enabled by the indexes let to very fast operations on
backup/restore tables.
Kevin G. Boles
TheSQLGuru
Indicium Resources, Inc.
"ctowndu33" <ctowndu33@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Now we realize that we can delete the databases if we clear the check mark
> to
> remove backups. It's almost like it is searching for old backups that
> don't
> exist any more. I though maybe I would see some really slow speeds (if it
> is
> searching for old backups) if I try and do a restore. Turns out it took
> like
> 10 minutes for the restore box to pop up. Could the history of backups
> contain orphaned informationt that would be causing this non-responsive
> behavior? Thanks again everyone!
> "ctowndu33" wrote:
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