Database is made offline to move its physical files. There can be many ways to make a database offline. But there are three main methods which are used frequently to make the database offline. These methods are given below:-
1)With the help of Alter database Command:-
We can make the database offline or online with the help of the Alter database command. The Alter Database command to make the database offline is :-
ALTER DATABASE database name SET Offline
If we want to make the database online we can use the following Alter Database command:-
ALTER DATABASE database name SET Online
2)With the help of the Db_options:-
We can also use the db_options command to make a database offline or online.To make a database offline we can use the following command:-
sp_dboption databasename ,’offline’,true
To make the database online we can use the following command:-
sp_dboption databasename ,’offline’,false
3)With the help of Sql server management studio:-
We can also use the Sql server management studio to make a database offline as shown in the given figure.
To make database offline we have to follow steps show in fig 1 and to bring back the database online we needs to follows the step shown in fig 2:-
Hi Vivek,
This is Shiva.Could you please suggest the best book (with more practical Queries) for SQL Server 2008.
Thanks & Regards,
Shiva
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hello vivek ,i m sonal, i have created a software using sql database. the software working properly in one computer but i need to connect the database with several computer kindly suggest me that how could i place the database on network and connect it to my software running in different computer ..
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