This command with rollback all transactions immediate and give you exclusive access to the database.
for more information go to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174269.aspx
/* Script to set database to single user mode and close all user connections Note that this command will kill all user connections used the RollBack After command to wait for users to log out. */Use Master go Alter Database WriteDatabaseNameHere Set Single_User With Rollback Immediate go ---Now let said you want to rename the db Alter database WriteDatabaseNameHere modify Name = WriteNewDatabaseNameHere go --Finally set database back to multi_user mode Alter Database WriteDatabasenameHere set Multi_user go
You will see here a way to handle history tables. This way only takes into account Date-based data cleanup but is easily generalizable.
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