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Roy Goldhammer

2006-12-06, 7:12 pm

Hello there

On the business i;m working on, I've installed MSDE on my client computer.

So far i've worked with SQL sever 2000

now i transfered to sql server 2005.

and i tried to attach one of my files. It gave me Error because my DB i;m
trying to attach is bigger then 2GB (which is not possible according to
microsoft Licence)

now what can i do,

if i instead of detach and attach i do backup and restore it allow me to do
that?


Uri Dimant

2006-12-06, 7:12 pm

Roy
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition has 4GB limited .Or do you try to attach
SQL Server 2005 to MSDE database?



"Roy Goldhammer" <roy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello there
>
> On the business i;m working on, I've installed MSDE on my client computer.
>
> So far i've worked with SQL sever 2000
>
> now i transfered to sql server 2005.
>
> and i tried to attach one of my files. It gave me Error because my DB i;m
> trying to attach is bigger then 2GB (which is not possible according to
> microsoft Licence)
>
> now what can i do,
>
> if i instead of detach and attach i do backup and restore it allow me to
> do that?
>



paul

2006-12-06, 7:12 pm

Maybe one of the following will help you:
1. If the db has a lot of free space, see if shrinking will reduce the size.
2. Move some tables into a new database, then shrink and attach both.
3. Delete and/or move some of your older data into a new database, then
shrink and attach both.
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