When I try to load a standby database from the active one, the load fails saying that :
Database in use. A user with System Administrator (SA) role must have exclusive use of database to run load.
although I have killed all the connection to the database before hand:
| spid status | lg_name | program_name | hostprocess | cmd |
------ ------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----------
and the following query shows that there is no orphan spid:
select * from master..syslocks where spid not in (select spid from master..sysprocesses)
The load does not go through and we have to reboot the server. A colleague told me that is due to run-away in memory spid which can not be detected, I have not formerly heard about it, please help me understand what is going on. If what he says is true, then SAP Sybase must find a solution to the problem. Imagine if this happens on my production server which is 24/24 7/7 server, no explanation can convince the our worldwide users; why technically a reboot is the only solution.
In resume, I would like to know if there is a way to detect hidden spid? is there a way to get rid of it without a reboot?