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Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
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Removing a Database Snapshot
If you want to get rid of a snapshot or overlay a current snapshot with a more up-to-date snapshot, you simply use the DROP DATABASE command and then create it again. The DROP DATABASE command immediately removes the database snapshot entry and all sparse file allocations associated with the snapshot. It’s very simple indeed. The following example drops the database snapshot just created:
Use [master]goDROP DATABASE AdventureWorks2012_6AM_snapshotgo
If you want, you can also drop (delete) a database snapshot from SQL Server Management Studio by right-clicking the database snapshot entry and choosing the Delete option. However, it’s best to do everything with scripts so that you can accurately ...
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