Server.KillDatabase Method (String)

Applies To: SQL Server 2016 Preview

Deletes the specified database and drops any active connection.

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

Syntax

public void KillDatabase(
    string database
)

public:
void KillDatabase(
    String^ database
)

member KillDatabase : 
        database:string -> unit

Public Sub KillDatabase (
    database As String
)

Parameters

• database
  Type: System.String

  A String value that specifies the name of the database.

Examples

Legacy Code Example

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

Server Class
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace
Calling Methods

KILL (Transact-SQL)
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