Showing posts with label move database files. Show all posts
Showing posts with label move database files. Show all posts

Thursday, May 6, 2010

How to move data and log file using Alter statement

You can use Alter command to move data and log file.

Sample Script

-- Moving data file to E:\ drive
ALTER DATABASE tempdb
MODIFY FILE (Name = tempdev,FILENAME = 'E:\tempdb.mdf')
-- Moving log file to E:\ drive
ALTER DATABASE tempdb
MODIFY FILE (Name = templog,FILENAME = 'E:\templog.ldf')