Comments on: SQL SERVER – ALTER DATABASE dbname SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE

By: phong

phong — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:06 +0000

hi all ,
in my program, I run two sql scripts by osql.exe.

Script 1 :
Alter Database [RC_DB_NAME] Set SINGLE_USER with Rollback Immediate
GO
EXEC dbo.sp_dbcmptlevel @dbname= [RC_DB_NAME], @new_cmptlevel=110
GO
Alter Database [RC_DB_NAME] Set MULTI_USER
Script 2 :
Select * from Any_Table

Have a error that is catched by sqlexption of .net when run script 2 as follows

System.Data.sqlclient.SqlException: A transport-level error has occurred when sending the request to the server.(Provider :share Memory provider,error:0 – No process is on the other end of the pipe)

Pls help me.

By: telluric

telluric — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:04:11 +0000

I beleive a have the solution. – thanks to Jonathan K. at SQLSkills. The ALTER DATABASE dbName command should be issued using a connection to the dbName database, not master (or any other DB). This way your connection is picked up as the single_user connection. Otherwise, the next process that connects is picked up.

By: telluric

telluric — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:19:59 +0000

I am having the same issue as Parimal. During an SSIS copy database we run the same statement (#2). Recently we have started to recieve the same lock error.
Is there a method to guarentee a kill of all connections priro to the detach poriton of the copy process?

By: parimal

parimal — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:11:12 +0000

hello
i performe this uery excute in sql2005:

1) USE [master]
GO
ALTER DATABASE GuestAutomationSystemDB SET READ_WRITE WITH NO_WAIT
GO

2)ALTER DATABASE GuestAutomationSystemDB
SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;

This type of Error Occured:

Msg 5061, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
ALTER DATABASE failed because a lock could not be placed on database ‘GuestAutomationSystemDB’. Try again later.
Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
ALTER DATABASE statement failed.

please help me

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:58:29 +0000

It means that the database is used by some others. Close all connections and try

By: Chintan

Chintan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:06:48 +0000

I am getting above error while restoring Database from file

By: Chintan

Chintan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:06:03 +0000

Hi Pinal, I am getting “Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use.” could you please help? I have tried all the solutions provided in your blogs, but it didn’t help me this time.

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By: salmansohail@live.co.uk

salmansohail@live.co.uk — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:35:11 +0000

Use

ALTER DATABASE [Demo]
SET MULTI_USER

I am getting error msg 5064 level 16 sate 1, line 2
msg 5069 level 16, state 1, line 2
alter database statement failed.

By: Zeeshan Khan

Zeeshan Khan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:01:55 +0000

When i attach any database in SQL 2008 it display as Read Only, When i try to change Database–> Properties –>Options–>Status to Read Only to False but it display error
“Alter Failed for Database

——————————
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

——————————

Unable to open the physical file “”. Operating system error 5: “5(Access is denied.)”.
Unable to open the physical file . Operating system error 5: “5(Access is denied.)”.
Database ” cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space.
Please help me
Thanks

By: karthik

karthik — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:01:28 +0000

Use

ALTER DATABASE [Demo]
SET MULTI_USER

By: Mangesh

Mangesh — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:14:25 +0000

ALTER DATABASE [Demo]
SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;
after run above query my demo database work only single user,if i want to again same database as multiuser then with query apply

Regards
Mangesh

By: visualtalks

visualtalks — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:39:22 +0000

Hello there.
Jasen, there are applications that will reconnect automatically if the connection is dropped (killing the SPIDs), so your solution is good for certain scenarios.
Best regards,
Calin

By: Jasen

Jasen — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:56:55 +0000

Other helpful thing that helped was to do a sp_who2 and kill the spids of the users that are connected. Once I did that then I was able to Alter Database

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By: Dave Peter

Dave Peter — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:59:31 +0000

What do I need to do if I want to attach the database again?
It is because I need to detach the database and remove the log files and then attach again.

Thank you.

Dave

By: Mihir

Mihir — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:38:33 +0000

Nitin,

You will not receive the error that Pinal described unless there are open connections to the database in question. Try creating the database, opening a connection, and then attempting a DROP from a different session.

Mihir

By: Jinesh

Jinesh — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:33:28 +0000

Great post,
Thanks,
Jinesh.

By: Nitin Sharma

Nitin Sharma — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:06:14 +0000

Hi Pinal,
I cant get this POST.
I created the database and then dropped the DB..it didnt throw any error…
What is this script doing???

please share once again…