How do you drop a database if it exists in SQL?

Question

The DROP DATABASE statement allows you to delete one or more databases with the following syntax: DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] database_name [,database_name2,. ]; Cannot drop database "database_name" because it is currently in use. Code language: PHP (php) DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS TestDb;

How do I DROP a database that is currently in use?

In SQL Server Management Studio 2016, perform the following:1Right click on database.2Click delete.3Check close existing connections.4Perform delete operation.Cannot drop database because it is currently in use - Stack Overflow

Why DROP database if exists?

IF EXISTS is used to prevent an error from occurring if the database does not exist. If the default database is dropped, the default database is unset (the DATABASE() function returns NULL ). If you use DROP DATABASE on a symbolically linked database, both the link and the original database are deleted.

Can we DROP database in SQL?

Any database snapshots on a database must be dropped before the database can be dropped. Dropping a database enable for Stretch Database does not remove the remote data. If you want to delete the remote data, you have to remove it manually.

Can't DROP existing database SQL?

If you want to delete the database, you will get this error if there is an open session on the database. First, set the database to single_user mode. Then you can delete it.

Expert · Answer