Create A New SQL Server Database Basing From A Renamed DB (mdf/ldf) Files
I recently created a copy of Northwind database and called it NorthwindBootstrap. This database has a built-in membership tables added to it. The copy includes both of mdf and ldf files. My next step is to create a new database based from the recently copied/renamed files in which I have no idea on how to do it. After doing some research, I stumbled upon a t-sql script based from my requirement. USE [master] GO CREATE DATABASE [NorthwindBootstrap] ON ( FILENAME = N 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\NorthwindBootstrap.mdf' ), ( FILENAME = N 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\NorthwindBootstrap.ldf' ) FOR ATTACH GO Cheers! :)