Deleting database from C#

Question

I have an MDF file that I\'m attaching to my local SQL server during testing with MSTEST and I don\'t want to have to go delete those temporary databases by hand after I\'ve

Answer 1

Take a look at the SMO (SQL Server Management Objects) .NET wrappers.

These allow you to manage all aspects of SQL Server from code, including deleting of databases.

The database object has a Drop method.

The code below is to illustrate how you could use the object model, though I have not tested it:

var server = new Server(serverName); // Can use overload that specifies 

foreach (Database db in server.Databases)
{
     if (db.Name.ToLower().Contains(testDatabaseIdentifier))
     {
          databasesToDelete.Add(db.Name);
     }
}
databasesToDelete.ForEach(x =>
{
     Database db = new Database(server, x);
     db.Refresh();
     db.Drop();
});