How can I determinate if the Database exist before detach it?

[Marina Levit [MVP]]

Connect to the 'master' database, and look in the 'sysdatabases' table.

 

[Jim Hughes]

sp_helpdb
Reports information about a specified database or all databases.

Syntax
sp_helpdb [ [ @dbname= ] 'name' ]

Arguments
[@dbname=] 'name'

Is the name of the database for which to provide information. name is
sysname, with no default. If name is not specified, sp_helpdb reports on all
databases in master.dbo.sysdatabases.

Return Code Values
0 (success) or 1 (failure)

 

[William \(Bill\) Vaughn]

Use the Connection.GetSchema method.

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[Jim Hughes]

Won't that get the the default database for the current connection?

If so, he won't be able to detach the database because he is currently using
it.

If the database doesn't exist, then the connection with that
connectionstring will fail anyway!

 

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I use the code below to detach a Database, but if the database does not
exist, it will thow exception.
How can I determinate if the Database exist before detach it?



***********************************************************************
string sConnection = "Data Source=......";
string sCmdDetach="sp_detach_db 'Health'";
SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection(sConnection);
cnn.Open();
SqlCommand cmd= new SqlCommand(sCmdDetach, cnn);
try
{
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
finally
{
cnn.Close();
}