Sql Server Drop Database Force Close Connections

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I'm trying to force drop a database, but after dropping the database, when I try to recreate the database, I'm getting the errorcannot create file C:Program Files.databasename.mdf because it already existsHere's my query to force drop the database Use master;ALTER database databasename set offline with ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;DROP database databasename;I understood that, the above query is dropping the database, but it's not deleting the.ldf and.mdf files. How to drop the database thoroughly?A normal query Drop database databasename; //deletes the database completely, including the ldf and mdf's.How to force drop a database, which also deletes the.mdf and.ldf files?

That is expected and:Dropping a database deletes the database from an instance of SQL Server and deletes the physical disk files used by the database. If the database or any one of its files is offline when it is dropped, the disk files are not deleted. These files can be deleted manually by using Windows Explorer. To remove a database from the current server without deleting the files from the file system, use spdetachdb.So why are you taking your database offline first? Just set it into SINGLEUSER mode and then drop it as documented on SQL Server Books Online.- USE master;ALTER DATABASE databasename SET SINGLEUSER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;DROP DATABASE databasename;Note, database backups will not be deleted as part of the process documented above.

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1. It would kill all connections from SQl Server database (testdb) and would make sure only you are the one connected to it. Now when you would run restore command in same query windows it would have exclusive access – Shanky Aug 10 '15 at 9:53.
2. How do you close the connection at the SQL Server? I have a backup I want to resotre to SQLExpress using SQL Management Studio Express. When I try, the SQL tells me he can't because the database is in use. I don't realy care about this I still want to restore the database. So I figured it's because there are some active connection to the database.

I want to close the existing connections to an MS SQL Server so that I can do a restore on that database programatically. In Detach Database wizard click 'Drop.