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: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:18:26 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 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: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8fdc2b5af81c338deb7045fc6c39b0e2"; logging-data="11648"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18hr+AN/lxrtQNkTlHdeeVD" 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:iiUXJR9FDvBqcSoXgTyo+5q7Qh8= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:1667 I'm not so good at databases. Can somebody guide me to the correct home page to use to download the SQL Sever R2 verison //Tony "Erland Sommarskog" skrev i meddelandet news:XnsA2CFBC5CB9413Yazorman@127.0.0.1... > Tony Johansson (johansson.andersson@telia.com) writes: >> 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. > > I would rather install an instance of SQL 2012. Or be brave and install > the current CTP of SQL 2014. It all depends on why you have SQL Server > installed in the first place. > >> If I install SQL 2008 R2 how will that effect current databases that I >> have in my present SQL Server 2008. > > If you upgrade your current instance, your database with be upgraded > to the format of SQL 2008 R2. However, you don't need to do an upgrade, > but you could install a second instance and in this case, the databases > you have on SQL 2008 will not be affected. > > > > -- > Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se