{"id":6489,"date":"2018-12-11T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2018-12-21T13:15:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:15:02","slug":"connections-to-sql-server-files-mdf-require-sql-server-to-function-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/connections-to-sql-server-files-mdf-require-sql-server-to-function-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server to function properly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>ERROR MESAGGE:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server to function properly. 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