Open .mdf files?

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Tiger(Posted 2011) [#1]
I got some SQL mdf files I want to search information from.
Is this possible with some of the database modules?

Thanks.


xlsior(Posted 2011) [#2]
.mdf is most likely Microsoft SQL - I'm not aware of any 3rd party libraries that can deal with those files directly, typically the full-blown MS SQL server itself (or the free SQL Express) needs to be installed on the computer -- it then mounts the datafiles which can then be interfaced with through ODBC. Brucey has an MS SQL connector module which can communicate with MS SQL.

Note that an MDF file is not necesarily a database, it's also an extension that's used for a specific format of CD/DVD disc image (e.g. comparable to a .ISO file)