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Deleting Databases In Linux

Andrew Pruski notes that you can delete active databases in SQL Server on Linux:

What we’re going to do is delete the database files whilst the instance is up and running. Something you can’t do to a database running in an instance of SQL on windows as the files are locked.

Click through for the results, which are counter-intuitive for Windows admins, as well as the reason for this behavior.