how to copy mdf file

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how can i copy an mdf or ldf file without detaching it from the sql server or without stopping the connection??

Posted 30-May-11 21:31pm

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Wild-Programmer · Answer 1 · 2011-05-30T21:35:00

Manually open SQL Sever Management Studio and right click on the database you want to copy

- select "Tasks" and subsequently select "Backup" and do a backup.

- right click on "Databases"

- select "Restore database"

- Enter the name of a new database (your copy target) and select the database to be copied as source database

- click "OK" (SQL Server creates a new database from the backup which means that you actually copied the original database)

Directly copying without detaching is not possible(as far as I know.)