Backup. Yes, I agree. This is one of those situations where we should have done a much better job here. Having said that, if you are an...

I took your advice and called Microsoft PSS. They helped me to reattach the database and even waived the support fee when the heard that the initial cause for...

No the database was NOT detached. We were attempting to update the server with Windows critical updates and the server somehow became corrupted. We reinstalled everything and are...

Yes, it's the complete path. I used 'cut & paste'. I've been reading about this problem over the Internet. Apparently there may be some serious problems that...

Ok, I tried it... but it didn't work!! Help!

exec sp_attach_single_file_db @dbname = 'eVision_Data', @physname = 'E:\MSSQL7\DATA\eVision_Data.MDF'

Server: Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Line 1

Database 'eVision_Data' cannot be opened because...