Posted by jai on 01/11/07 00:16

I am on sql2005. The database in question, is on single mdf and single
ldf with full text catalogs. Can't I do a sp_attach_single_file_db with
mdf file. I tried it on a smaller database and it created a log file.

Regards

Jaideep
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> jai (dbasybase@gmail.com) writes:
> > I need to restore a database which is 400 GB plus. Usually a normal
> > restore from a backup file takes about 40 minutes. I have a database
> > Company on a server A. I need to use the backup of database company to
> > restore as company1 on the same box. At the end, company and company1
> > would reside on the same box. Is there any way to do it faster than a
> > normal restore???
>
> Are you on SQL 2000? I'm afraid not. Rather it will take longer time,
> since the 400 GB for the new database needs to be initialised.
>
>
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

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