Now, you can see the “AdventureWorks2012” database in SSMS. So, you need to select the file name (AdventureWorks2012_log.ldf) having file type “log” and message “Not Found” and press the Remove button.Īfter that press OK to finish the installation. After that click on Add button and browse the file (AdventureWorks2012_Data).Īfter that, if you press OK button, it will reflect error as given below. There are times when the application code (high level code). Right click on the databases and click on Attach. I will be using the AdventureWorks2012 database.You can download it from the Codeplex website. It will automatically create the log file in the same folder. ON (FILENAME 'C:\AdventureWorks2012Data.mdf') FOR ATTACHREBUILDLOG. If you use T-SQL, you can do simply: USE MASTER. The physical file name “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\AdventureWorks2012_Log.ldf” may be incorrect.ĬREATE FILE encountered operating system error 5(Access is denied.) while attempting to open or create the physical file ‘C:\AdventureWorks2012_log.ldf’.Ĭould not open new database ‘AdventureWorks2012’. Once you download the AdventureWorks2012Data data file, you can simply attach it using T-SQL or through the GUI. On (FILENAME= N'C:\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf')įile activation failure. On (FILENAME= N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf')įor testing purpose lets put it in the root directory :
So, we need to write the script given below to create the database and in order to build a new log file, we need to use ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG. Once you download the file, you will notice that it has only data file and not log file. You should copy the data file to any appropriate location but it should not be in the root directory due to the security issue. Adventureworks2012 case sensitive date fileĪfter downloading the appropriate data files lets proceed with the installation :.Adventureworks sample database launched with SQL Server 2012 and you can download it from the codeplex.