Recover db from .mdf and .ldf files in sql server7.0

Hello,
Have you tried the command sp_attach_single_file_db ?
This will attach you datafile, but not your log file as it
seems the log file is currupt, so you may have some data
loss.
J

>--Original Message--
>Hi,
>how to recover a user database in sql server 7.0 if I
only have the .mdf file and the .ldf file but no backup
file? Backup file of master database exists.
>Found a utiliy tool called "MSSQLRecovery" on the net
that recreates the database script out of the .mdf-file,
so far so good. But I need the information in the .ldf
file too.. How to get the information in the .ldf file?
>Thanks.
>.
>Yes,
I have tried sp_attach_single_file_db, but as you say I will get some data l
oss with this method.
My problem is the log file never seems to been backuped, so I guess I will g
et quite a lot of data loss.
Thanks,
Siri|||That really depends upon how you have programmed your
application. Depending upon the last commit statement or
chekpoint you may of lost a lot less data than you think.
I strongly doubt if it will weeks, days or hours of lost
information, personally I think it will be minutes.
Try attaching anyway then seeing if there any timestap
fields in you app, when the last one was. That should give
you an indication.
J

>--Original Message--
>Yes,
>I have tried sp_attach_single_file_db, but as you say I
will get some data loss with this method.
>My problem is the log file never seems to been backuped,
so I guess I will get quite a lot of data loss.
>Thanks,
>Siri
>.
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