Hello, I have got following problem or question. I have got in our site collection list an old entry with an url that does not exist. The preferences in the site collection list of this url are empty. I have problems to force the update of wss 3.0 sp1 to sp2. To clear the problem i did following: I run the stsadm -o deletesite -url https://SERVERNAME/SITES/SITENAME and the result was The system cannot find the path specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070003) When I run stsadm -o databaserepair -url https://SERVERNAME/SITES/SITENAME -databasename CONTENTDBNAME it returns <OrphanedObjects Count="0" /> What happens when i remove the content DB and add it Back? In the warning of removing Content Database there is "Caution: When you remove the content database, any sites listed in that content database are removed from the server farm, but the site data remains in the database" shown. What is with with the sites? Are they really removed from the server farm? Thanks for all replies

Hi, Yes the sites are removed from the web application. Though you can add them back by using addcontentdb switch. Thanks, Amish Trivedi Amish Trivedi

What do I have to consider? Is it right, that i have to fill in the same preferences by adding a content database as they are in the removed content database? Do I have to make a backup before this action? Thanks!