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how to *really* remove a database

Greetings -
I have recently uninstalled DB2 7 and re-installed it.
I had deleted a database in the past, but now when I go to recreate
it, I'm getting the message
"The database alias ___ already exists in either the local database
directory or system database directory"
I have checked the database, I have cataloged and uncataloged, and
when I list out the directories, the alias does not appear. But when I
try to recreate it, I get this message.
How do I locate the database alias and rename/remove it, once and for
all?
Thanks
Kay Stoner
Nov 12 '05 #1
1 7003
Kay,

When you uninstall, it leaves the database there, but removes the
directory entry. Recatalog it and then drop it to get rid of it.

Larry Edelstein

Kay Stoner wrote:
Greetings -
I have recently uninstalled DB2 7 and re-installed it.
I had deleted a database in the past, but now when I go to recreate
it, I'm getting the message
"The database alias ___ already exists in either the local database
directory or system database directory"
I have checked the database, I have cataloged and uncataloged, and
when I list out the directories, the alias does not appear. But when I
try to recreate it, I get this message.
How do I locate the database alias and rename/remove it, once and for
all?
Thanks
Kay Stoner


Nov 12 '05 #2

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