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skillile
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208 Posts

Posted - 2002-06-27 : 08:39:11
I need to move the tempdb onto another drive. What is the best way to do this.

Can I sp_attatch / detatch?

This box is running SQL 7.0

Thanks in advance

slow down to move faster...

izaltsman
A custom title

1139 Posts

Posted - 2002-06-27 : 08:49:54
ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = 'TEMPDEV', FILENAME = 'F:\TEMPDEV.MDF')

Then do the same for the log file.
Stop/start the service, and the files will be created in the new location.



Edited by - izaltsman on 06/27/2002 08:51:10
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