Our Support Team is here to help. Ask Question. SQL Server. Download Northwind Database. A Setup file. MSI will be downloaded. As soon as the file download is completed, you can start the installation by Double Clicking the Setup file or by doing Right Click and then clicking the Install Option from the Context Menu.
Once the installation is completed you can check the installed database files in the following location, and you will find the Northwind Database in the Installation Folder.
In the Context Menu click on the Attach option as shown below. MDF file and press OK button. Open these explorer panes from the View menu. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Get the sample databases for ADO. Is this page helpful? So, this article illustrates how to install the Northwind and Pubs databases using graphical tools and methods.
Step 1 : Using the download link above, download the Zip file containing the following files. Extract the files to a directory on your computer and remember where you put them. For these steps to work, you must have the following files on your computer:. Note : Make sure that you have read-write access to these files, and that they are in an easily-accessible directory.
Fill in the appropriate settings on the Connect to Server window that appears, and then click Connect. Step 3 : Right-click the Databases folder and then click Attach , as shown in Figure 2. Step 4 : In the Attach Databases window, click Add MDF file, and then click OK. The right pane of the Attach Databases window will look as shown in Figure 4. When you're done, and if you did the proper actions, the right pane of the Attach Databases window should look as displayed in Figure 5.
The window displays the progress of the operation and whether it has completed successfully. Step 8 : To check that everything was successful, in the Object Explorer window, click the plus sign to open the Databases folder.
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