Moving .ldf to new drive, doesn't work gives "Cannot associate fil

The procedure you described should work fine. But I suspect your .ldf file is
not really from that database.
Linchi
"caperneus@.gmail.com" wrote:

> I am trying to move a log file to a non-RAID drive. I have detached
> the database and made a copy of the .ldf file. I have taken this copy
> of the .ldf file and placed it where I want it to be. I would like to
> keep the .mdf file where it is located on the RAID drive, but for some
> reason I can only reattach if the .ldf file is in the same location as
> the .mdf file.
> I have then run:
> USE MASTER
> GO
> EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = N'Corporate',
> @.filename1 = N'F:\Web\MSSQL$WEB\Data\Corporate_Data.mdf',
> @.filename2 = N'E:\Web\Corporate\Corporate_Log.ldf'
> And it returns:
> Server: Msg 5173, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
> Cannot associate files with different databases.
> Is this possible?
>
Instead of detached and attached try backup and restore ...
BACKUP DATABASE Corporate
TO DISK = 'E:\backup_corporate.bak'
WITH INIT
Drop the database, and delete the mdf and ldf file (or just back it up)
Then the Restore:
RESTORE DATABASE Corporate
FROM DISK = 'E:\backup_corporate.bak'
WITH RECOVERY,
MOVE '[datafilelogicalname]' TO 'F:\Web\MSSQL$WEB\Data\Corporate_Data.mdf',
MOVE '[loglogicalname]' TO 'E:\Web\Corporate\Corporate_Log.ldf'
Hope that works.
Lucas
<caperneus@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 14, 2:44 pm, Linchi Shea <LinchiS...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> It is really from that database. I can attach it back with no problems
> if the files are in the same directory.
>

Move database to another partition

25degc wrote:
> I have recently installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on a server wit
h 2
> partitions. I then installed Sharepoint which installed a database and put
it
> in the default location on the c: partition. I would like to move this to
d:.
> I have tried to do this by detaching and attaching, and also by backing an
d
> restoring, but both the attach and the backup dialog boxes only allow me t
o
> browse the c: drive. Is this a feature of Standard Edition? Do I need to u
se
> Enterprise? Or is there a configuration setting I can change somewhere?
> TIA
Not sure why you can't browse your other drive, but a workaround would
be to not use the GUI to do this. Instead use the SQL commands to
detach/reattach the database:
EXEC sp_detach_db DBname, 'true'
Copy the files from C: to D:
EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'DBName', @.filename1 = 'D:\MDFFile',
@.filename2 = 'D:\LDFFile'I have recently installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on a server with
2
partitions. I then installed Sharepoint which installed a database and put i
t
in the default location on the c: partition. I would like to move this to d:
.
I have tried to do this by detaching and attaching, and also by backing and
restoring, but both the attach and the backup dialog boxes only allow me to
browse the c: drive. Is this a feature of Standard Edition? Do I need to use
Enterprise? Or is there a configuration setting I can change somewhere?
TIA|||25degc wrote:
> I have recently installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on a server wit
h 2
> partitions. I then installed Sharepoint which installed a database and put
it
> in the default location on the c: partition. I would like to move this to
d:.
> I have tried to do this by detaching and attaching, and also by backing an
d
> restoring, but both the attach and the backup dialog boxes only allow me t
o
> browse the c: drive. Is this a feature of Standard Edition? Do I need to u
se
> Enterprise? Or is there a configuration setting I can change somewhere?
> TIA
Not sure why you can't browse your other drive, but a workaround would
be to not use the GUI to do this. Instead use the SQL commands to
detach/reattach the database:
EXEC sp_detach_db DBname, 'true'
Copy the files from C: to D:
EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'DBName', @.filename1 = 'D:\MDFFile',
@.filename2 = 'D:\LDFFile'|||Thanks. This highlighted an issue with the d: drive. Although
readable/writable through Windows I decided to reformat, and now it is
working fine.
Thanks for your help.
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> 25degc wrote:
> Not sure why you can't browse your other drive, but a workaround would
> be to not use the GUI to do this. Instead use the SQL commands to
> detach/reattach the database:
> EXEC sp_detach_db DBname, 'true'
> Copy the files from C: to D:
> EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'DBName', @.filename1 = 'D:\MDFFile',
> @.filename2 = 'D:\LDFFile'
>|||Thanks. This highlighted an issue with the d: drive. Although
readable/writable through Windows I decided to reformat, and now it is
working fine.
Thanks for your help.
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> 25degc wrote:
> Not sure why you can't browse your other drive, but a workaround would
> be to not use the GUI to do this. Instead use the SQL commands to
> detach/reattach the database:
> EXEC sp_detach_db DBname, 'true'
> Copy the files from C: to D:
> EXEC sp_attach_db @.dbname = 'DBName', @.filename1 = 'D:\MDFFile',
> @.filename2 = 'D:\LDFFile'
>