Attach Question

Hello,
I'm having problems removing replication components from a db I need to
detach and move to a different server. The db won't be using replication on
the new server. Since all replication components aren't removed Ent Mgr
won't let me detach. Can I just stop the SQL services, copy the .mdf to the
new server, attach and cleanup replication there?
Any help appreciated!
Thanks in advance.Hi Mark
Taking a backup will be better than stopping the server.
You can remove replication using sp_removedbreplication and possibly
sp_dropdistributor see the topic "How to: Disable Publishing and
Distribution" in Books Online
John
"Mark" <Mark@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm having problems removing replication components from a db I need to
> detach and move to a different server. The db won't be using replication
> on
> the new server. Since all replication components aren't removed Ent Mgr
> won't let me detach. Can I just stop the SQL services, copy the .mdf to
> the
> new server, attach and cleanup replication there?
> Any help appreciated!
> Thanks in advance.