• as already stated more than once.

    SQL2005 : nomore update to system objects. And that's a nice job !

    I guess with "Delete sys.sysdatabases where DBID = 16" you're trying to fool sqlserver a database has been droped, That would be a inconsitancy to the actual situation.

    Why not just perform

    declare @sql nvarchar(500)

    set @sql = " --drop database ['+database_name(16)+'];'

    -- commented the @SQL to prevent copy paste test disaster !!

    exec (@sql)

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