Restoring A Database Without Encountering A Locking Issue

Microsoft SQL ServerI periodically have problems when trying to restore a GP company database over the Test database as SQL reports that the database is currently in use.

One way of resolving is to restart the SQL Server but this is only possible on a stand alone test system which is not being used by other people but this approach is overkill.

The better solution is to change the database to single user, restore the database and change the database back to multiple user. This can be done manually through SQL Server Management Studio but is far easier done via a SQL script.

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