Re: delete database file on server -> sharing violation

From: Erland Sommarskog <esquel_at_sommarskog.se>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:58:00 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <Xns99CD9F84B4AYazorman@127.0.0.1>

(pearl146_at_hotmail.com) writes:
> I don't know if there are backups.
>
> Thanks, I will try Handle.exe.

But that is the wrong way. The right way is to drop the databases. But since you very clearly don't know what you are doing, you should not do, not matter what your boss tells you. The risk is too big that you delete the wrong file and cause a disaster.

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Received on Wed Oct 17 2007 - 16:58:00 CDT