Ever needed to drop all connections to a database? Here is an easy way to do it.
/*Kill Connections to Specific Database
CREATED BY: Doug Smith
CREATE DATE: 11/08/2006
PURPOSE: To give DBA an easier way to drop connections to a specific database
NOTE----Change value of parameter(@dbname) to the database name that need connections dropped.
*/
DECLARE @dbname varchar(30)
SET @dbname = 'database'
CREATE TABLE #ConnsToKill
(spid int
,login varchar(50)
,dbname varchar(30)
,killed bit default 0)
INSERT INTO #ConnsToKill
SELECT cast(sps.spid as varchar(3))
, rtrim(sps.hostname)
,rtrim(sdb.name)
,0
FROM master..sysprocesses sps
JOIN master..sysdatabases sdb ON sps.dbid = sdb.dbid
where sdb.name = @dbname
DECLARE @spid varchar(3)
WHILE exists (SELECT 'x' FROM #ConnsToKill WHERE killed = 0)
BEGIN
SELECT @spid =
(SELECT TOP 1 spid
FROM #ConnsToKill
WHERE killed = 0)
EXEC('Kill '+@spid+'')
UPDATE #ConnsToKill
SET killed = 1
where spid = @spid
END
DROP TABLE #ConnsToKill
GO 
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