Comments on: SQL SERVER – ERROR: FIX: Cannot drop server because it is used as a Distributor in replication

By: JMT

JMT — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:03:11 +0000

Second solution worked great. Thanks for the post.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:56:31 +0000

Nice one – first post I have found that solved this highly annoying problem!

By: bcbee

bcbee — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:12:54 +0000

thanks so much! option 2 worked for me…

By: bu

bu — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:25:58 +0000

I have database backup (done using Microsoft DPM) and I restored this database into different server. When I try to create publisher it throws an error distribution database doesn’t exists in sysdatabases and at any degree I can’t establish the replication.

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:44:45 +0000

A database should not be part of a replication process. It should be release from there in order to be dropped

By: sushil

sushil — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:14:15 +0000

none of them work for me…actually i deleted the distribution database without removing the replication. now trying to add new distributor but fully struck i am..pls help regarding this

By: bu

bu — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:12:58 +0000

I tried but
Cannot drop server ‘test’ because it is used as a Publisher in replication.

By: KK

KK — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:54:55 +0000

Yes This works fine.

By: Sharky

Sharky — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:58:21 +0000

I think here
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N’XXXX’, @optname=N’dist’, @optvalue=N’true’

instead of
@optvalue=N’true’

should be
@optvalue=N’false’

By: Prashanth

Prashanth — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:05:05 +0000

For me, second option worked. Thanks aagain..