Hi all,

Can anybody give some quick solution to the above problem?

regards,

Hi James,

Thanks  for your reply. the previous post's messages was from 'Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express'.

this time i have followed the steps suggested by you and the followings are...

sorry for that. following is the are messages:

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Attach database failed for Server 'CTPL-1'.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)

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For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Attach+database+Server&LinkId=20476

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Program Location:

   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server.AttachDatabase(String name, StringCollection files, String owner)

   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.AttachDatabaseData.PrimaryFile.Attach()

   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.AttachDatabase.SendDataToServer()

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An exception...