Can't attach database

HI all, I'm trying to move a mdf from a dev machine onto a production server and when I try to re-attach I keep getting the following error " ...the mdf file is not a primary database file" ...and it won't attach.

It's SS2005, does anyone know why this error occurs.

Thanks

How did you detach the original database?|||

Thanks for the prompt Euan, I just found out the database wasn't detached properly, they just burned it onto a CD directly!..hopefully the correctly detached one will be OK.

Can't attach database

HI all, I'm trying to move a mdf from a dev machine onto a production server and when I try to re-attach I keep getting the following error " ...the mdf file is not a primary database file" ...and it won't attach.

It's SS2005, does anyone know why this error occurs.

Thanks

How did you detach the original database?|||

Thanks for the prompt Euan, I just found out the database wasn't detached properly, they just burned it onto a CD directly!..hopefully the correctly detached one will be OK.

Cannot view the DTS

Hi ,

I have DTS created in my Development server using the save as option i tried to save it in my production server . All these works fine . But when i logged in to the production server i could not see the DTS . But when we tried loging to the prodcution server using the data base administrator passed we were able to see the DTS and the owner of the DTS is seems to be not a admin person rather it is me.

Why is that i am not able to view the DTS when i logged in with my user id ?

Can any on help us in resolution this issue .

Thanks

K.Karthik Doss

refer this... it may help u ... http://www.sqldts.com/212.aspx

Madhu

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Hi Madhu

Thnaks for the efforts . I think i have not made it clear for you .the problem what we have the DTS in the production server but the Owner is not able to view the DTS . but we were able to see the DTS in DB admin access . so what should be done to view the dts in the owners login .

Thanks

K.Karthik Doss

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have u checked the owner of this DTS in Production server... Is it still the same ?

Madhu

|||If your login is not a part of SYSADMIN group on the production server, then what you are getting is by default. If that package is owned by SA then only SYSADMIN privileged uses can view or edit.|||

Yes i was able to view the DTS thru the DB Admin userID and Password and the owner is me. But i could not view it when i logged in thru my UserID and Password .

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say if the package is owned by SA then how do i change that to a comman , Like if any one logs in to the system can view that package .

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AFAIK... there is not direct method in SQL Server 2000 ... yes u have Specific role available in SQL Server 2005(db_dtsadmin,db_dtsltduser etc)... in SQL 2000, if all the users want to view the package owned by others ... then u need to add all of them in SysAdmin Role, which is not recommened atall ..

Madhu

Cannot Truncate Transaction Log!

My Transaction Log on a production database has grown to 5 GB. And
all but 118 MB is used in that log. DBCC Opentran shows the
following:
Replicated Transaction Information:
Oldest distributed LSN : (10576:2240:4)
Oldest non-distributed LSN : (0:0:0)
Replication is not set up on that server! There are no agents running
on it, there is no Distribution database. But it looks like something
is flagged for replication. I know a very large DTS was executed on
the database and maybe something got mixed up, and now the database
thinks it has to replicate this giant transaction.
I am shipping the logs of this database from MI to VA, and I really
don't want to break log shipping by fixing this problem. I may have
to anyway. How can I get this transaction to get cleaned out' I
can't execute sp_repldone, because no replication agents are running.
Help!!!!!!Try these links :-
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=256650 INF: How to Shrink the SQL
Server 7.0 Tran Log
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=317375 Log File Grows too big
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=110139 Log file filling up
http://www.mssqlserver.com/faq/logs-shrinklog.asp Shrink File
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=315512 Considerations for Autogrow
and AutoShrink
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=272318 INF: Shrinking Log in SQL
Server 2000 with DBCC SHRINKFILE
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=317375 Log File Grows too big
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=110139 Log file filling up
http://www.mssqlserver.com/faq/logs-shrinklog.asp Shrink File
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=315512 Considerations for Autogrow
and AutoShrink
HTH
Ryan Waight, MCDBA, MCSE
"Laura Jones" <jonesl@.ofllc.com> wrote in message
news:978604d4.0403040636.446e8010@.posting.google.com...
> My Transaction Log on a production database has grown to 5 GB. And
> all but 118 MB is used in that log. DBCC Opentran shows the
> following:
> Replicated Transaction Information:
> Oldest distributed LSN : (10576:2240:4)
> Oldest non-distributed LSN : (0:0:0)
>
> Replication is not set up on that server! There are no agents running
> on it, there is no Distribution database. But it looks like something
> is flagged for replication. I know a very large DTS was executed on
> the database and maybe something got mixed up, and now the database
> thinks it has to replicate this giant transaction.
> I am shipping the logs of this database from MI to VA, and I really
> don't want to break log shipping by fixing this problem. I may have
> to anyway. How can I get this transaction to get cleaned out' I
> can't execute sp_repldone, because no replication agents are running.
> Help!!!!!!

Cannot Truncate Transaction Log!

My Transaction Log on a production database has grown to 5 GB. And
all but 118 MB is used in that log. DBCC Opentran shows the
following:
Replicated Transaction Information:
Oldest distributed LSN : (10576:2240:4)
Oldest non-distributed LSN : (0:0:0)
Replication is not set up on that server! There are no agents running
on it, there is no Distribution database. But it looks like something
is flagged for replication. I know a very large DTS was executed on
the database and maybe something got mixed up, and now the database
thinks it has to replicate this giant transaction.
I am shipping the logs of this database from MI to VA, and I really
don't want to break log shipping by fixing this problem. I may have
to anyway. How can I get this transaction to get cleaned out' I
can't execute sp_repldone, because no replication agents are running.
Help!!!!!!Try these links :-
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=256650 INF: How to Shrink the SQL
Server 7.0 Tran Log
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=317375 Log File Grows too big
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=110139 Log file filling up
http://www.mssqlserver.com/faq/logs-shrinklog.asp Shrink File
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=315512 Considerations for Autogrow
and AutoShrink
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=272318 INF: Shrinking Log in SQL
Server 2000 with DBCC SHRINKFILE
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=317375 Log File Grows too big
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=110139 Log file filling up
http://www.mssqlserver.com/faq/logs-shrinklog.asp Shrink File
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=315512 Considerations for Autogrow
and AutoShrink
HTH
Ryan Waight, MCDBA, MCSE
"Laura Jones" <jonesl@.ofllc.com> wrote in message
news:978604d4.0403040636.446e8010@.posting.google.com...
> My Transaction Log on a production database has grown to 5 GB. And
> all but 118 MB is used in that log. DBCC Opentran shows the
> following:
> Replicated Transaction Information:
> Oldest distributed LSN : (10576:2240:4)
> Oldest non-distributed LSN : (0:0:0)
>
> Replication is not set up on that server! There are no agents running
> on it, there is no Distribution database. But it looks like something
> is flagged for replication. I know a very large DTS was executed on
> the database and maybe something got mixed up, and now the database
> thinks it has to replicate this giant transaction.
> I am shipping the logs of this database from MI to VA, and I really
> don't want to break log shipping by fixing this problem. I may have
> to anyway. How can I get this transaction to get cleaned out' I
> can't execute sp_repldone, because no replication agents are running.
> Help!!!!!!|||Unfortunately, the log cannot be shrunk, because shrinking only clears
up free space on the log, and what I have is something that is showing
up as used space. This makes it impossible to shrink, until I've
unflagged this transaction.
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Run DBCC Loginfo(db_id)
There is a column is called 'status' .If you see the value=2 of this column
at the end ,so you have running(active) transaction and therefore you will
not able to shrink the log.
Run dummy inserts to move the status=2 on the top of the table.
"Laura Jones" <jonesl@.ofllc.com> wrote in message
news:uo$gJGgAEHA.1028@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately, the log cannot be shrunk, because shrinking only clears
> up free space on the log, and what I have is something that is showing
> up as used space. This makes it impossible to shrink, until I've
> unflagged this transaction.
>
> *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.examnotes.net ***
> Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!