SQL Server Restore Error – Access is Denied

I created a database on my local machine and then did a backup called tables.bak of table DataLabTables. I moved that backup to a remote machine without that table and tried to do a restore but get the following error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error ‘5(Access is denied.)’ while attempting ‘RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation’ on ‘c:\Program … Read more

SQL Server: Database stuck in “Restoring” state

I backed up a database: BACKUP DATABASE MyDatabase TO DISK = ‘MyDatabase.bak’ WITH INIT –overwrite existing And then tried to restore it: RESTORE DATABASE MyDatabase FROM DISK = ‘MyDatabase.bak’ WITH REPLACE –force restore over specified database And now the database is stuck in the restoring state. Some people have theorized that it’s because there was … Read more