Monday, June 2, 2014

Cannot drop database because it is currently in use error

We might get following error when we try to drop a database in SQL Server:

"Cannot drop database 'MyDatabaseName' because it is currently in user".

To resolve this error, alter the database first before deleting the database like below..

USE [master]
GO

ALTER DATABASE [MyDatabaseName] set single_user with rollback immediate

DROP DATABASE [MyDatabaseName]
GO