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Detach & Attach User Databases

Oct 26, 2009
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>>Script Language and Platform: SQL Server 2000
This script moves databases to different physical locations. This script can also be used to just detach/attach user databases as part of your bigger process.

You can customize the script to use cursors which I HATE.

Author: Ajith Dharwar

DECLARE @Path varchar(400)
SET @Path = “D:MSSQLData”
use [master]
–STEP 1
–Keep the output of this script aside
SelectEXEC sp_attach_db @dbname = ””+ [name] +””,” +@filename1 = ”” + @Path +  [name] +”_Data.mdf”,” +@filename2 = ””+ @Path + [name] +”_Log.ldf”” from sysdatabases
	 	where dbid > 4
–STEP 2
–Generate this script and run
SelectEXEC sp_detach_db ” + [name]  from sysdatabases where dbid > 4
–After Successful run from Output of STEP 2 RUN Output of STEP 2



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