Cannot detach suspect db

A db is flagged as suspect. I tried to detach it or take
offline but was unable to as the db is replicated (merge
replication). At the same time I was unable to cancel the
replication because the db wasn't found.
The suspect status was caused by the db failing to close
cleanly after a failed back-up. I also haven't been able
to succesfully run sp_resetstatus.
Any ideas onhow to break out of this catch 22 situation?
RegardsHere's an old post i found that explains how to fix a suspect db :-
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=sql+2000+suspect+fix&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=dcde2a5a.0309151952.424b43cb%40posting.google.com&rnum=1
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HTH
Ryan Waight, MCDBA, MCSE
<japan11@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> A db is flagged as suspect. I tried to detach it or take
> offline but was unable to as the db is replicated (merge
> replication). At the same time I was unable to cancel the
> replication because the db wasn't found.
> The suspect status was caused by the db failing to close
> cleanly after a failed back-up. I also haven't been able
> to succesfully run sp_resetstatus.
> Any ideas onhow to break out of this catch 22 situation?
> Regards