rename database in sql2005

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SQL-Server-2005

ALTER DATABASE hr_live MODIFY NAME = hr_test

error message :- The database could not be exclusively locked to perform the operation.

what i do for changing my database name

Posted 25-Apr-12 0:10am

Ashutosh_jha

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-04-25T00:17:00

Solution 1

If you get an odd error message, then throw it to Google! A very quick search gave me this: http://robbamforth.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sql-get-exclusive-lock-fix-for-the-database-could-not-be-exclusively-locked-to-perform-the-operation-error/[^]

Posted 25-Apr-12 0:17am

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Suresh Shewale · Answer 2 · 2012-04-25T00:26:00

Solution 2

see this command
sp_renamedb 'tt','LRMS'
here u can change database name but before that u should have necessory permissions for that.

Posted 25-Apr-12 0:26am

Suresh Shewale