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Server.KillDatabase Method

Deletes the specified database and drops any active connection.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub KillDatabase ( _
    database As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Server 
Dim database As String

instance.KillDatabase(database)
public void KillDatabase(
    string database
)
public:
void KillDatabase(
    String^ database
)
member KillDatabase : 
        database:string -> unit
public function KillDatabase(
    database : String
)

Parameters

Examples

Visual Basic

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Stop all processes running on the AdventureWorks2012 database.
srv.KillAllProcesses("AdventureWorks2012")
'Stop the AventureWorks database.
srv.KillDatabase("AdventureWorks2012")
'Stop the specified process with ID 52.
srv.KillProcess(52)

PowerShell

$srv = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$srv.KillAllProcesses("AdventureWorks2012")
$srv.KillDatabase("AdventureWorks2012")
$srv.KillProcess(52)

See Also

Reference

Server Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Calling Methods

Managing Servers

KILL (Transact-SQL)