• 1. Check if distribution database exist though the Replication is dropped

    2. If so drop the distribution database

    3. To drop the distribution database by over - restoring of some user database

    4. Perform the patching / SQL SP again.

    It has worked fine for me 🙂

    Sivaprasad S - [ SIVA ][/url]http://sivasql.blogspot.com/[/url]