Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 03/18/06 01:00

lbolognini@gmail.com (lbolognini@gmail.com) writes:
> I'm new to SQLServer (Express edition) so I was wondering: if the web
> host supports SQLServer 2005 do I just need to move the .MDF file to my
> directory on the web host to be able to use it?

You should probably talk to your web host about this. Jens suggested that
you may rights to attach databases. I say that the likelyhood for this is
nil, as this requires hefty rights on the server.

A little more likely is that they create an empty database for you,
and then you may be permitted to overwrite that database with a backup
of your database.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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