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b5white
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  12:18:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
> -- Recover a corrupt database
>
> The first step is to attach the database as suspect
> Create a database with an mdf of the same size as the old one
> stop the server.
> Copy the corrupt mdf over the newly created one.
> Restart the server - the database should be suspect.
> Author Nigel Rivett
> http://www.nigelrivett.net/SQLAdmin/RecoverCorruptDatabase.html

Fascinating. Perhaps these other backups are not
worthless just because they can't attach.
I'll try one of the more recent and see if we can recover
any of the recent data. We could perhaps add that to the
month old data that we do have a good backup for.

Brad.

tkizer
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  12:40:48  Show Profile  Visit tkizer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Your post seems a bit out of place. Were you trying to reply to an existing thread instead?

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b5white
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  12:54:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
> Your post seems a bit out of place. Were you trying to reply to an existing thread instead?

No. This valuable tidbit was buried in another thread.
It is clearly related to my other recent post but seems
to me to need a separate thread.

I reposted it so that people with Can'tAttach problems might
have a chance of finding it.
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GilaMonster
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  12:55:27  Show Profile  Visit GilaMonster's Homepage  Reply with Quote
That is ONLY for the case where someone detached a suspect database and found it won't reattach.

You don't attach backups. You restore them (RESTORE DATABASE FROM DISK)

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Gail Shaw
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b5white
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  15:04:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I may be using the term "backup" loosely. They have an MDF extension.

Brad.
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GilaMonster
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South Africa
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  15:32:03  Show Profile  Visit GilaMonster's Homepage  Reply with Quote
WT$%^%?

You DO NOT back a SQL database up by copying the mdf file. That's the absolute best way to have a damaged and unusable 'backup'. You back a database using BACKUP DATABASE. That way you have a consistent and usable backup to restore.

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