how to delete distributionDB

after i disable replication. the distributionDB is still there.
where i try to delete it . a error message occured as below:
Error 3724: cannot drop the database because it is being used for replication
please help
Cheers
nick
back up your master database. Issue the following query:
UPDATE master..sysdatabases SET category = 0 where name='distribution'
delete the distribution database.
Hilary Cotter
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"Nick" <Nick@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> after i disable replication. the distributionDB is still there.
> where i try to delete it . a error message occured as below:
> Error 3724: cannot drop the database because it is being used for
replication
> please help
> Cheers
> nick
>
|||when i tried to run
UPDATE master..sysdatabases SET category = 0 where name='nickDistribtuion'
i got error as below:
Ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not enabled. The system administrator
must reconfigure SQL Server to allow this.
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> back up your master database. Issue the following query:
> UPDATE master..sysdatabases SET category = 0 where name='distribution'
> delete the distribution database.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Nick" <Nick@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E112AE00-DABA-4FB1-BE70-0CAA0791D62F@.microsoft.com...
> replication
>
>
|||sp_configure 'allow updates', 1
reconfigure with override
go
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com
"Nick" <Nick@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> when i tried to run
> UPDATE master..sysdatabases SET category = 0 where
name='nickDistribtuion'
> i got error as below:
> Ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not enabled. The system
administrator[vbcol=seagreen]
> must reconfigure SQL Server to allow this.
> "Hilary Cotter" wrote:
|||it works. thanks a lot.
Nick
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> sp_configure 'allow updates', 1
> reconfigure with override
> go
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Nick" <Nick@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB79FB0A-8BED-41D9-BE60-E539DCCFD9D7@.microsoft.com...
> name='nickDistribtuion'
> administrator
>
>