Dropping database did not free disk space

  • 600 mb is not too hard to believe... but 600gb, now that's out there, especially for a single query on a test server?!?!?!

  • Well afraid I can't give you an explanation!

    I spotted someone running a query (when he shouldn't have been) and soon as I killed it the free space was there as it should be!

    Sorry guys wish I could be more help. Thanks for your thoughts.

  • Sorry Sam - have to ask 😛

    Was this person running a query against the database you were dropping?

    David

    @SQLTentmaker

    “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” - Jim Elliot

  • Hi David

    Wouldn't it give an error if you try to drop a database that is being used by a query?

    Regards

    Christo

  • Yes, that would be the case. Just trying to understand the situation that Sam was seeing. May be one of those unexplained phenomena of the world of technology but I have a curious streak so I thought I would ask more questions. 😀

    David

    @SQLTentmaker

    “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” - Jim Elliot

  • I have to agree that this is very strange and it would be nice to know how it managed to happen.

  • Maybe the query was running off another DB and was growing tempdb and another db like crazy... just another option.

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