Error :Another site already exists at "" Delete this site before attempting to create a new site with the same URL

January 17, 2011 · 1 min read

Error:Another site already exists at "" Delete this site before attempting to create a new site with the same URL

In my previous post after succesfully finshed installing the WSS v3 SP2 and now tried to restore my site to my surprise i came across another error:)

  Another site already exists at. Delete this site before attempting to create a new site with the same URL, l choose a new URL, or create a new inclusion at the path you originally specified 

I had a look at the Sharepoint Central Admin and i could see the site but the delete button was greyed out  So i taught it must be an orphan site so i tried using the staadm - o databaserepair  "YOURSITE" - databasename "YouDB" also used the -deletecorruption option but still returned 0

But it returned 0 which meand there are no orphaned sites arg.!!!!!!!   So my last taught was the database isn't refreshing so i simple detached and re-attach the WSS_Content DB and BINGO tried to restore and it worked. Hope that helps

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Patrick.O. Ige

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