dmajkic (5/27/2009)
If sp_attach_db is to be deprecated, what is "the new" way to just attach a database?BTW:
Is it possible to add a few xp calls to do file copy on server, and make moving automatic?
This is covered in the BOL reference quoted in the article:
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. We recommend that you use CREATE DATABASE database_name FOR ATTACH instead. For more information, see CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL).
You could do xp calls to copy the files, you want to open xp_cmdshell up on your server which is a security risk, that is why it is disabled by default. I don't recommend that you do it, and I wouldn't do it myself personally.
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