Wednesday, March 21, 2012

open up .mdf and .ldf file types

I have a couple of these file types and i need to open them to look at the
databses. These were sent to me form a different company and my company does
not have ms sql server. Is there any way i can open these files with out
havign to buy any product. All i need to do is look at them nothign else.
PaulYou could grab the 120-day trial edition from here
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/trial/default.asp, and use that if
this is only a temporary need. The database format is proprietary and I'm
not aware of any software that will read them for you outside of SQL Server.
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Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
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"NeedSimpleHelp" <NeedSimpleHelp@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a couple of these file types and i need to open them to look at the
> databses. These were sent to me form a different company and my company
> does
> not have ms sql server. Is there any way i can open these files with out
> havign to buy any product. All i need to do is look at them nothign else.
> Paul|||You could also use MSDE. It comes free with MS Office but you have to
install it seperately and it will only handle database up to 2 GB or less.
Take a look for the MSDE folder on the MS Office distribution CD.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
"NeedSimpleHelp" <NeedSimpleHelp@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EE5D20CA-BF43-4B76-AC85-F0014B71431E@.microsoft.com...
I have a couple of these file types and i need to open them to look at the
databses. These were sent to me form a different company and my company
does
not have ms sql server. Is there any way i can open these files with out
havign to buy any product. All i need to do is look at them nothign else.
Paul|||I didn't recommend MSDE because it doesn't come with a GUI interface. If
someone isn't use to working with SQL Server, that can be a drawback. :-)
--
Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
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"AnthonyThomas" <Anthony.Thomas@.CommerceBank.com> wrote in message
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> You could also use MSDE. It comes free with MS Office but you have to
> install it seperately and it will only handle database up to 2 GB or less.
> Take a look for the MSDE folder on the MS Office distribution CD.
> Sincerely,
>
> Anthony Thomas
>
> --
> "NeedSimpleHelp" <NeedSimpleHelp@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:EE5D20CA-BF43-4B76-AC85-F0014B71431E@.microsoft.com...
> I have a couple of these file types and i need to open them to look at the
> databses. These were sent to me form a different company and my company
> does
> not have ms sql server. Is there any way i can open these files with out
> havign to buy any product. All i need to do is look at them nothign else.
> Paul
>|||Ah, but it does if they are pulling MSDE from the Office CDs: MS Access
projects!
:-)
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
"Stephen Dybing [MSFT]" <stephd@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I didn't recommend MSDE because it doesn't come with a GUI interface. If
someone isn't use to working with SQL Server, that can be a drawback. :-)
--
Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroups only, thanks.
"AnthonyThomas" <Anthony.Thomas@.CommerceBank.com> wrote in message
news:e$pnccS3EHA.3716@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You could also use MSDE. It comes free with MS Office but you have to
> install it seperately and it will only handle database up to 2 GB or less.
> Take a look for the MSDE folder on the MS Office distribution CD.
> Sincerely,
>
> Anthony Thomas
>
> --
> "NeedSimpleHelp" <NeedSimpleHelp@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:EE5D20CA-BF43-4B76-AC85-F0014B71431E@.microsoft.com...
> I have a couple of these file types and i need to open them to look at the
> databses. These were sent to me form a different company and my company
> does
> not have ms sql server. Is there any way i can open these files with out
> havign to buy any product. All i need to do is look at them nothign else.
> Paul
>

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