Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Tony Johansson" Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-sqlserver Subject: Re: I get errror message when trying to use mdf database downloaded from the net Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 15:54:15 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 14:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8fdc2b5af81c338deb7045fc6c39b0e2"; logging-data="18978"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/gZSMGSSdf9vr/5hWYplLc" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18463 In-Reply-To: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ev+Mg8MfrLQgOVTmkiwqKA6O9/k= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:1661 So you mean that my current version of SQL Server 2008 is too old for the mdf file database. So I should install SQL 2008 R2. Is that what you mean. If I install SQL 2008 R2 how will that effect current databases that I have in my present SQL Server 2008. //Tony "Erland Sommarskog" skrev i meddelandet news:XnsA2CF9C30C3C8BYazorman@127.0.0.1... > Tony Johansson (johansson.andersson@telia.com) writes: >> The database >> 'C:\USERS\TONY\PROGRAMMERING\ENTITYFRAMEWORKTEST\ENTITYFRAMEWORKTEST\ENTI >> TYFRAMEWORKTEST\APP_DATA\PERSONDB.MDF' cannot be opened because it is >> version 661. This server supports version 655 and earlier. A downgrade >> path is not supported. Could not open new database > > The database file is from SQL 2008 R2. You have SQL 2008. You would need > to install a newer version of SQL Server to use the datbase file. > >> Here is the version I have for my SQl Server 2008 >> Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 10.0.1600.22 >> ((SQL_PreRelease).080709-1414 ) > > > And this the RTM version of SQL Server Management Studio, so even if > you decide to stick with the current version, you should install > Service Pack3. > > -- > Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se