Is it possible to let a SQL Server watch a folder for .mdf files and attach new .mdf files automatically?
Is it possible to let a SQL Server watch a folder for .mdf files
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Is it possible to let a SQL Server watch a folder for .mdf files and attach new .mdf files automatically?
No, but is possible to write an app that does just that, see Obtaining Directory Change Notifications. Note that you need the MDF and the LDF, always. Also there are serious security considerations from attaching untrusted databases, and issues with in-place update of the database files (a drop of a SQL Server 2008 database would be automatically and irreversibly upgraded to SQL Server 2008 R2 for example).