I can't delete a database from mysql. The error is like ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can't rmdir '.\oro', errno: 41) I tried to drop the database 'oro' using phpmyadmin and it als...

I am trying to drop a postgres database. But I am always getting a There is 1 other session using the database error. I tried stopping all the sessions with this command select pg_terminate_backe...

I am developing a C# application with its backend as sqlite. In my application I have a button for cleaning the database (deleting the .db file and creating it again with some initial data). Someti...

Is it possible to get VS to drop the destination database before a deploy? I've tried adding a post deploy script to the project, but it always comes back with active connections.

I am trying to script the back up of a database and part of the flow is that I need to drop and then recreate the database from a backup. When there are connections to the database I get a failure...

I need to programmatically drop an EF core database. No problem, right? Get a context, call ctx.Database.EnsureDeleted(), and you're all set. Except.. when the DB is in use, you're using connectio...

I want to delete some SQL Databases on my server, but I'm having problems. My login has the roles: public dbcreator serveradmin When I right click the database and hit Delete, it says that D...

Consider: DROP DATABASE db_name; ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can't rmdir './db_name', errno: 66) The problem is that I don't know where the file/directory is located - this file...

I have an empty database that I cannot drop. Initially, it contained a table that I couldn't SELECT from. So I DROP'ed all tables from that database and tried to DROP the database without success :...

I've created some very large databases and have since dropped a few. I've noticed my disk space has not recovered as much as I had expected. For instance, the last database I added actually used up...

I am using SQL SERVER 2005 Express. I can delete the database from the query analyzer, what you call Mgmt Studio (ssmsee) by providing double quotes to the database name and things get done; Drop ...