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Cannot attach database

  • October 11, 2008 at 5:30 am

    #383037

    Msg 5120, Level 16, State 101, Line 1

    Unable to open the physical file "\\servername\sharename\filename.mdf". Operating system error 5: (Access is denied.).

    This is the error i get when trying to attach using script and through the GUI

    running SQL 2005 enterprize service pack 2 build SQL Server 9.0.3152

    Moving the database to a new server

  • October 11, 2008 at 7:58 am

    #883760

    You cannot attach a database on a network drive. Copy the file to the server's drives and you'll be able to attach it.

    Gail Shaw
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