Home Forums SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 - General Difference Between Restore And Attach RE: Difference Between Restore And Attach

  • September 3, 2013 at 9:56 am

    #1647088

    Restore you take a database backup and SQL creates a database with database files from that backup

    Attach you just have the database files (no backup) and SQL creates the database using those files.

    Gail Shaw
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