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Brute force database out of SINGLE_USER mode back into MULTI_USER mode
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| -- run this in query window 1: | |
| SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED; | |
| SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY HIGH; | |
| GO | |
| DECLARE @CMD nvarchar(max) = '' | |
| SELECT @CMD = CONCAT(@CMD, CHAR(10), 'KILL ', session_id) | |
| FROM sys.dm_exec_requests | |
| WHERE database_id = DB_ID('MyDB') -- replace MyDB with your DB name | |
| PRINT @CMD | |
| EXEC (@CMD); | |
| GO | |
| -- replace MyDB with your DB name: | |
| USE MyDB | |
| ALTER DATABASE MyDB SET MULTI_USER; |
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| -- run this in query window 2: | |
| DECLARE @CMD nvarchar(max); | |
| WHILE 1=1 | |
| BEGIN | |
| SET @CMD = NULL; | |
| SELECT @CMD = ISNULL(@CMD + CHAR(10), '') | |
| + CONCAT(N'KILL ', blocking_session_id) | |
| FROM sys.dm_exec_requests | |
| WHERE session_id = 1234 -- replace with the session id of query window 1 | |
| IF @CMD IS NULL BREAK; | |
| RAISERROR(N'%s',0,1,@CMD) WITH NOWAIT; | |
| IF @CMD <> 'KILL 0' EXEC(@CMD); | |
| END |
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