Tried " sp_attach_single_file_db" (please read Post#1) and that gave the same error.

It did not attach it, no, nor mark anything as suspect. The error - off the top of my head - was something along the lines of "There is a...

In this instance, moving/renaming the ldf DID NOT work and I've read in several other forums that this method does not seem to be 100% reliable; not sure why.

In the...

Sorry guys, my tenacity wouldn't let me sit on this one and I dug up the solution:

LISTING 1: Undocumented DBCC Command REBUILD_LOGEXEC sp_configure 'allow updates', 1RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDEGOBEGIN TRANUPDATE master..sysdatabasesSET...