Where do I get a AdventureWorks mdf & ldf?
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2012年2月10日 0:34
Hi,
I went to http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926, and downloaded the AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1.exe, but the databaseinstaller.exe constantly crashes without any error message. It is a Windows 7 home premium 64 bit. I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer installed and running OK. I have tried to restart the PC.
To work around it, where can I download a mdf and ldf file and direct attach it?
Thanks!
- 已编辑 silly_dude 2012年2月10日 0:35
- 已编辑 silly_dude 2012年2月10日 0:35
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2012年2月10日 1:14
Hi,
Take a look here: http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/
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2012年2月10日 1:26
Hi Erickson,
The link that I posted in the original post, was from this site. I downloaded the database installer, but it crashes all the time. That's why I was asking: "where do I get a MDF and LDF and attach it?"
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2012年2月10日 2:20
Also tried following link
and downloaded the AdventureWorks2008R2_Data.mdf. But when I tried to attach it, I got this error message:
The header for file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\AdventureWorks2008R2_Data.mdf' is not a valid database file header. The FILE SIZE property is incorrect.
In conclusion - nothing works.
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2012年2月17日 6:21版主
Can you please look in the Application Log on your computer for entries made by the installer. This should provide details of what's gone wrong.Jeff Wharton
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Please mark answered if I've answered your question and vote for it as helpful to help other user's find a solution quicker- 已标记为答案 silly_dude 2012年2月17日 6:54
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2012年2月17日 6:25版主
Also tried following link
and downloaded the AdventureWorks2008R2_Data.mdf. But when I tried to attach it, I got this error message:
The header for file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\AdventureWorks2008R2_Data.mdf' is not a valid database file header. The FILE SIZE property is incorrect.
In conclusion - nothing works.
Please have a read of the following http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/59211Jeff Wharton
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Please mark answered if I've answered your question and vote for it as helpful to help other user's find a solution quicker- 已标记为答案 silly_dude 2012年2月17日 6:54
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2012年2月20日 4:17
Hi,
When I ran the DatabaseInstaller.exe, it threw following exception:
The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Media.FontFamily' threw an exception
Where can I download the mdf data file for AdventureWorksDW2008? I have got AdventureWorks2008R2 but I need the data warehouse version.
Thanks.
- 已编辑 silly_dude 2012年2月20日 4:18
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2012年2月20日 4:25版主
Hi,
When I ran the DatabaseInstaller.exe, it threw following exception:
The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Media.FontFamily' threw an exception
Where can I download the mdf data file for AdventureWorksDW2008? I have got AdventureWorks2008R2 but I need the data warehouse version.
Thanks.
As far as I know you can't download those files anywhere.
I visited the links and can't find any file called DatabaseInstaller.exe. All I see is AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1.exe Have you tried running AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1.exe as an Administrator i.e. right click on the file and select Run as Administrator?
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2012年2月20日 4:29
I did everything I could think of including running as admin. I first tried to run what your suggested, AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1.exe, it crashed, so I extracted it, and found DatabaseInstaller.exe, and it still crashes, throwing the exception I posted.
Are you sure we can't download the MDF file for the data warehousing version? I can download the MDF for the normal version.
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2012年2月20日 4:39版主
I haven't seen them anywhere.
There's a discussion here regarding the same error message: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/522003/precreatedefaultfamilycollection-fails-on-application-startup
Could you please check the type of the "windir" registry key under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
and make sure its REG_EXPAND_SZ.Jeff Wharton
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2012年2月20日 4:51
Thanks I had a look and unfortunately this is not the cause - the windir entry is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ.
Could you somehow just post the MDF somewhere? I am following a walk through regarding SSIS and it is based on the data warehouse version of AdventureWorks. I need to go to client site tomorrow.
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2012年2月20日 5:33版主
Sorry, but I cannot post the database somewhere as that would be in breach of Microsoft policy.
I was able to get the database to install by following the manual installation instructions here http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Database%20Installer%20Help%20for%20SQL%20Server%202008R2&referringTitle=Installing%20SQL%20Server%202008R2%20Databases
Just remember that SqlSamplesDatabasePath is where you want the database created and SqlSamplesSourceDataPath is where the CSV files for the database are located i.e.
I extracted the contents of AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1.exe to D:\Temp\AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1 therefore SqlSamplesSourceDataPath would be
:setvar SqlSamplesSourceDataPath "D:\Temp\AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1\"
SqlSamplesDatabasePath can be any location but I used
:setvar SqlSamplesDatabasePath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Data\"
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Please mark answered if I've answered your question and vote for it as helpful to help other user's find a solution quicker- 已建议为答案 tooleyrose 2012年2月28日 1:45
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2012年2月21日 5:24版主
Sorry, but I cannot post the database somewhere as that would be in breach of Microsoft policy.
I was able to get the database to install by following the manual installation instructions here http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Database%20Installer%20Help%20for%20SQL%20Server%202008R2&referringTitle=Installing%20SQL%20Server%202008R2%20Databases
Just remember that SqlSamplesDatabasePath is where you want the database created and SqlSamplesSourceDataPath is where the CSV files for the database are located i.e.
I extracted the contents of AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1.exe to D:\Temp\AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1 therefore SqlSamplesSourceDataPath would be
:setvar SqlSamplesSourceDataPath "D:\Temp\AdventureWorks2008R2_SR1\"
SqlSamplesDatabasePath can be any location but I used
:setvar SqlSamplesDatabasePath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Data\"
Jeff Wharton
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How did you go with this?Jeff Wharton
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2012年4月3日 22:27版主
We uploaded an AdventureWorks 2008 R2 OLTP database and script to CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/59211). Or http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com and click on the SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP tile.
Hopefully, this version is easier to attach and use.
As long as you copy the database to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\DATA, you should be able to attach the AdventureWorks2008R2_Data.mdf database. You will need to remove the transaction log reference.Or you can run the setup script. Follow these steps to install the sample database from the script:
- Download AdventureWorks 2008 R2 OLTP Script.zip (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/59211)
- Copy the DDL script files to any path such {SQL Server Path}\Tools\Samples\AdventureWorks 2008 OLTP Script.
Note The default SQL Server 2008 R2 path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\.
- Open {SQL Server Path}\Tools\Samples\AdventureWorks 2008 OLTP\instawdb.sql in SQL Server Management Studio.
- Update the script path variables.
- If necessary, change the :setvar SqlSamplesDatabasePath variable to your SQL Server 2008 R2 path. The default path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA.
- Change the :setvar SqlSamplesSourceDataPath variable to the path containing the .csv files.
- Uncomment each :setvar variable.
- On the Querymenu, click SQLCMD Mode.
- On the Standardtoolbar, click the Executebutton to run the script.
- 已编辑 Derrick VanArnam [MSFT]Microsoft Employee, Moderator 2012年4月3日 22:47
- 已标记为答案 silly_dude 2012年4月4日 0:25
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2012年4月3日 22:41版主
The link to Mr. Wharty's response to remove the transaction log reference is at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlserversamples/thread/f1f31f94-aff5-4d40-83a9-264f5a7bcb1d?prof=required
- 已标记为答案 silly_dude 2012年4月4日 0:25
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2012年8月15日 5:57
Attaching a database (without a log file - .LDF)
Read more: http://sqlsolace.blogspot.com/2012/06/attaching-database-without-log-file-ldf.html#ixzz23akBDIioCREATE DATABASE [AdventureWorksDW2012] ON
( FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SS2012EXP\MSSQL\DATA\AdventureWorksDW2012_Data.mdf' )
FOR ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG
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2012年8月29日 21:46版主
Hello,
I uploaded AdventureWorks databases for 2012, 2008R2 and 2008. Each download zip file contains an mdf database file and ldf log file. This consolidates AdventureWorks databases for several SQL Server versions to one page. Please let me know what you think.
AdventureWorks Databases – 2012, 2008R2 and 2008
http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/93587
- 已标记为答案 Mr. WhartyMicrosoft Community Contributor, Moderator 2012年8月29日 21:57

