Open Connections - Can't Drop

Hello,
I am using SQL Express and Visual Studion 2003. I am trying to DROP
DATABASE Customers using a Stored Procedure and also using ADO.NET.
Query:
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = Customers) DROP
DATABASE [Customers]
ConnectionString:
RemoveConnectionString = "Server = MyComputer\SQLExpress;UID=sa;
Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=master"
Everytime I call the procedure or ExecuteNonQuery I get:
Cannot Drop Database 'Customers' because database is currently in use. by
sqlclient.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuer y()
I have no problems Dropping the Tables.
Thanks,
Chuck
Where is this stored procedure. If it's in the database then you won't be
able to use it to drop the database while you are in the same database.
Are you trying to run the query directly after connecting useing the
connection string just given. Or is there any "use Customer" before execute
ExecuteNonQuery().
"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@.CreateItSoftware.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I am using SQL Express and Visual Studion 2003. I am trying to DROP
> DATABASE Customers using a Stored Procedure and also using ADO.NET.
> Query:
> IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = Customers) DROP
> DATABASE [Customers]
> ConnectionString:
> RemoveConnectionString = "Server = MyComputer\SQLExpress;UID=sa;
> Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=master"
>
> Everytime I call the procedure or ExecuteNonQuery I get:
> Cannot Drop Database 'Customers' because database is currently in use. by
> sqlclient.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuer y()
> I have no problems Dropping the Tables.
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>
|||Hello Thank You for you help.
I have the Stored Procedure inside the Master Table.
I am immediately running the query given after connecting. I also cannot
remove it from SQL Express Management Studio. - That is if I copy the SQL
into a query window and run it. I get the exact same error.
Chuck
"Hardik Bati" <hardikb_removethis_@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Where is this stored procedure. If it's in the database then you won't be
able to use it to drop the database while you are in the same database.
Are you trying to run the query directly after connecting useing the
connection string just given. Or is there any "use Customer" before execute
ExecuteNonQuery().
"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@.CreateItSoftware.net> wrote in message
news:epQ433v9GHA.1172@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I am using SQL Express and Visual Studion 2003. I am trying to DROP
> DATABASE Customers using a Stored Procedure and also using ADO.NET.
> Query:
> IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = Customers) DROP
> DATABASE [Customers]
> ConnectionString:
> RemoveConnectionString = "Server = MyComputer\SQLExpress;UID=sa;
> Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=master"
>
> Everytime I call the procedure or ExecuteNonQuery I get:
> Cannot Drop Database 'Customers' because database is currently in use. by
> sqlclient.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuer y()
> I have no problems Dropping the Tables.
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>
|||Hello,
I have been doing some testing. I am filling a Dataset using a DataAdapter.
If I create a new connection to SQL Express without calling the
DataAdapter's Fill Method I can Drop the Database.
If I Fill the Dataset with the DataAdapter, dispose the connection and the
DataAdapter and create a new connection it still wont Drop the Database.
Even if the Dataset is empty it still does not work. It appears that
calling the DataAdapter before dropping the table keeps the database in use
weather it has finished it's job or not.
I can't even call a Stored Procedure to drop the Database if I call the
DataAdapter First. Even if I run the program and call the DataAdapter and
go into SQL Express Management Studio, I still get the same error. Only
when I shut down the program or drop the table without using the DataAdapter
does it work.
Is there a way around this?
Thanks
Chuck
"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@.CreateItSoftware.net> wrote in message
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Hello,
I am using SQL Express and Visual Studion 2003. I am trying to DROP
DATABASE Customers using a Stored Procedure and also using ADO.NET.
Query:
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = Customers) DROP
DATABASE [Customers]
ConnectionString:
RemoveConnectionString = "Server = MyComputer\SQLExpress;UID=sa;
Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=master"
Everytime I call the procedure or ExecuteNonQuery I get:
Cannot Drop Database 'Customers' because database is currently in use. by
sqlclient.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuer y()
I have no problems Dropping the Tables.
Thanks,
Chuck
|||The most likely cause is that the closed/disposed connection is pooled and
the pooled connection is preventing you from dropping the database. You can
specify Pooling=False in the connection string (or similar, depending on the
provider you are using) to disable connection pooling.
Another method is to execute "ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase SET SINGLE_USER WITH
ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE" to kill all connections to the database befor the drop.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@.CreateItSoftware.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have been doing some testing. I am filling a Dataset using a
> DataAdapter.
> If I create a new connection to SQL Express without calling the
> DataAdapter's Fill Method I can Drop the Database.
> If I Fill the Dataset with the DataAdapter, dispose the connection and the
> DataAdapter and create a new connection it still wont Drop the Database.
> Even if the Dataset is empty it still does not work. It appears that
> calling the DataAdapter before dropping the table keeps the database in
> use
> weather it has finished it's job or not.
> I can't even call a Stored Procedure to drop the Database if I call the
> DataAdapter First. Even if I run the program and call the DataAdapter and
> go into SQL Express Management Studio, I still get the same error. Only
> when I shut down the program or drop the table without using the
> DataAdapter
> does it work.
> Is there a way around this?
> Thanks
> Chuck
>
> "Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@.CreateItSoftware.net> wrote in message
> news:epQ433v9GHA.1172@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I am using SQL Express and Visual Studion 2003. I am trying to DROP
> DATABASE Customers using a Stored Procedure and also using ADO.NET.
> Query:
> IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = Customers) DROP
> DATABASE [Customers]
> ConnectionString:
> RemoveConnectionString = "Server = MyComputer\SQLExpress;UID=sa;
> Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=master"
>
> Everytime I call the procedure or ExecuteNonQuery I get:
> Cannot Drop Database 'Customers' because database is currently in use. by
> sqlclient.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuer y()
> I have no problems Dropping the Tables.
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>