Hello,
Can anyone tell me way I can delete .mdf files even when they are attached to a running SQL Server or MSDE?
Ok, I have got to know, why would you want to, or need to? Just curious what circumstances would prompt this necessity.
James.
I have a situation that a database has missing from a system running MSDE. I dont know if it was an acident or not. Never the less I was convinced that a .mdf file could not be deleted when the sql service was rinning, so I tried some tests and, surprise, I could delete several databases in that MSDE system. Not convinced I tried other tests even in machines running SQL server and I got the same results.
Is it a configuration? Is a bug? Is it normal?
Miguel
Phil is correct, be careful what you delete, just because it's not being used now doesn't mean there isn't an appliction out there depending on it. It's a real bummer to find out the hard way that a database was still needed after you have deleted it. Always keep a backup some place, just in case.
