moving a database causes it to be read-only

Using SS2000 SP4. I've done this many times before without problem so I don't
know why I'm having trouble this time. I'm running out of space on a drive so
I'm moving some databases to another drive. I've tried this with EM and QA
using this query:
EXEC sp_detach_db 'jg', 'false'
EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'jg',
@.filename1 = 'S:\SQL\Data\jg_Data.mdf',
@.filename2 = 'E:\SQL\LOGS\jg_log.ldf'
After attaching the database, the database comes up read-only. Can someone
tell me why?
Thanks,
--
Dan D.Hi Dan
"Dan D." wrote:
> Using SS2000 SP4. I've done this many times before without problem so I don't
> know why I'm having trouble this time. I'm running out of space on a drive so
> I'm moving some databases to another drive. I've tried this with EM and QA
> using this query:
> EXEC sp_detach_db 'jg', 'false'
> EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'jg',
> @.filename1 = 'S:\SQL\Data\jg_Data.mdf',
> @.filename2 = 'E:\SQL\LOGS\jg_log.ldf'
> After attaching the database, the database comes up read-only. Can someone
> tell me why?
> Thanks,
> --
> Dan D.
Do you get an error when you try to make them not read-only?
Have you checked the readonly attribute on these files? To uncheck them you
will need to detach the database again.
How did you move the files?
John|||I didn't get an error. I did this twice on two different databases and had
the same problem both times. I didn't check the readonly attribute but since
I moved the files using drag-and-drop, I wouldn't expect the attribute to
change.
I had a backup of the database and I restored it and didn't have any problem.
Thanks,
--
Dan D.
"John Bell" wrote:
> Hi Dan
> "Dan D." wrote:
> > Using SS2000 SP4. I've done this many times before without problem so I don't
> > know why I'm having trouble this time. I'm running out of space on a drive so
> > I'm moving some databases to another drive. I've tried this with EM and QA
> > using this query:
> > EXEC sp_detach_db 'jg', 'false'
> > EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'jg',
> > @.filename1 = 'S:\SQL\Data\jg_Data.mdf',
> > @.filename2 = 'E:\SQL\LOGS\jg_log.ldf'
> >
> > After attaching the database, the database comes up read-only. Can someone
> > tell me why?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Dan D.
> Do you get an error when you try to make them not read-only?
> Have you checked the readonly attribute on these files? To uncheck them you
> will need to detach the database again.
> How did you move the files?
> John|||Hi Dan
"Dan D." wrote:
> I didn't get an error. I did this twice on two different databases and had
> the same problem both times. I didn't check the readonly attribute but since
> I moved the files using drag-and-drop, I wouldn't expect the attribute to
> change.
> I had a backup of the database and I restored it and didn't have any problem.
> Thanks,
> --
> Dan D.
If you didn't get an error changing the database from readonly the file
attributes must be ok. I did find this
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=303056&SiteID=1 where
the service accounts permissions on the directory has an impact, so it may be
your permissions rather than the service accounts if you backup/restore works
ok.
John
John|||Hi,
I know that in SQL 2005 when attaching databases they come up in a state of
reduced functinality. This is a security measure to make sure that someone
cannot attach a database that gives them more permsissions than they might
otherwise have. Maybe some of this concept made it into SQL2000 SP4.
--
Thank you,
Daniel Jameson
SQL Server DBA
Children's Oncology Group
www.childrensoncologygroup.org
"Dan D." <DanD@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Using SS2000 SP4. I've done this many times before without problem so I
> don't
> know why I'm having trouble this time. I'm running out of space on a drive
> so
> I'm moving some databases to another drive. I've tried this with EM and QA
> using this query:
> EXEC sp_detach_db 'jg', 'false'
> EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'jg',
> @.filename1 = 'S:\SQL\Data\jg_Data.mdf',
> @.filename2 = 'E:\SQL\LOGS\jg_log.ldf'
> After attaching the database, the database comes up read-only. Can someone
> tell me why?
> Thanks,
> --
> Dan D.|||It was the security on the folder that I was moving the data to. The user
didn't have enough permissions.
Thanks,
--
Dan D.
"John Bell" wrote:
> Hi Dan
> "Dan D." wrote:
> > I didn't get an error. I did this twice on two different databases and had
> > the same problem both times. I didn't check the readonly attribute but since
> > I moved the files using drag-and-drop, I wouldn't expect the attribute to
> > change.
> >
> > I had a backup of the database and I restored it and didn't have any problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Dan D.
> If you didn't get an error changing the database from readonly the file
> attributes must be ok. I did find this
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=303056&SiteID=1 where
> the service accounts permissions on the directory has an impact, so it may be
> your permissions rather than the service accounts if you backup/restore works
> ok.
> John
> John