August 31, 2008 at 2:35 am
Erorr - The header for file '%ls' is not a valid database file header. The %ls property is incorrect.
can anybody help
August 31, 2008 at 3:14 am
Did you get the error exactly like that, with the %ls in it?
I hope you have a backup. That kind of corruption isn't repairable and with a damaged file header there's no way that will reattach successfully.
Just check and make sure that's not a SQL 2005 database you're trying to attach.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
August 31, 2008 at 9:25 am
You can always call Microsoft PSS and perhaps they can help you with getting some data, but we can't do anything with had header files.
August 31, 2008 at 9:35 am
Steve Jones - Editor (8/31/2008)
You can always call Microsoft PSS and perhaps they can help you with getting some data
They won't help with that. I helped out with an unrecoverable database (with bad file headers) earlier this year. We asked PSS if they could help with data recovery from the files and the answer was no.
There are tools around that may get data back from damaged file. They aren't cheap and my experience with them is that they're not that good.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
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