Interview Question of the Week #016 – How to Take Database Offline

April 19, 2015

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Here is the question, I received in the recent conference where I was presenting on Database Technology.

Question: What does it mean by Taking Database Offline and How to do it?

Answer: Taking database offline means, it will be no more available for database operations. Here are is how you can take your database offline.

-- Take the Database Offline
ALTER DATABASE [myDB] SET OFFLINE WITH
ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
GO

If you have previously taken database offline, you can once again take it online by running the following command:

-- Take the Database Online
ALTER DATABASE [myDB] SET ONLINE
GO

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Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

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2 Comments. Leave new

Jabran
July 7, 2015 8:18 pm
Thanks Pinal! Is there a DDL trigger we can use to prevent this from being run inadvertantly?
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- Pinal Dave
  July 14, 2015 12:47 pm
  I think that should be possible. Have you tried?
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