Posted by phil2phil on 11/22/06 19:46

Hi,
I have an old 2000 bak file for a db that I would now like restored
onto sql server 2005. I keep erroring out though, this is what I'm
doing:
Went to Restore Database in sql 2005, selected the db I want it
restored to, and File (say c:\temp\xyz.bak)
Checked the restore checkbox, went to options checked Overwrite the
existing database.

Do I need to do anything else, maybe in the Restore the database files
as section? As those path are listed as:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\xyz.mdf
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\xyz_log.ldf

If I just run it without updating those mdf and ldf paths, I keep
getting an error:
Exclusive Access could not be obtained because the database is in use.

Thanks.

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