I always take a full backup and make sure its on tape before I physically delete the database.. Even if the users say its not required cause its happened before that a week later someone needed some data. > Does anyone have any suggestions for decommissioning a large database? > There is no requirement to save the data so all I can think of is > 1) Shutdown > 2) Erase > > Doesn't have a lot of pizazz - any other ideas? > > >