Hi everybody,
I am having an issue in selecting a database for attachment. Within my SQL SERVER instance, I right click on DATABASES to ATTACH, I get the Attach Database dialog box. I hit the 'add' button in the 'databases to attach' portion of the box, but unable to see and select my MDF and LDF files. The '+' icon to the right of the folders are disabled and so I cannot get at the MDF and LOG files. I tried to enter the path of where my file is at the 'file name' section but it doesn't allow me.
I am using SQL SERVER 2008 R2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise machine. The database for attachment is SQL SERVER 2005.
Note: to get the MDF and LDF file from SQL SERVER 2005, I simply detached the database, copied the MDF and LDF to the new Windows Server.
Appreciate any guidance you have in the matter, thanks