Our developers recently launched FREE MDF viewer utility, which is a very useful tool to view the information stored in MDF files as SQL Server stores all database information in MDF file. This freeware SQL MDF Viewer tool can use to view corrupted and damaged MDF files without installing SQL Server. The features of MDF file reader tool are given below:
SQL MDF Viewer
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Features | Free | Pro | Pro + |
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Add & Scan MDF File | |||
Read Corrupt MDF file information | |||
Save Scanned MDF file | |||
Preview MDF File Data | |||
View MDF file without SQL Server | |||
Auto Detection of SQL Server version | |||
Supports All SQL Server Versions(2000, 2005, 2008, 2012 & 2014, 2016 / 2017 / 2019) | |||
Advance Scanning Option | |||
FREEWARE | $249 | $199 | |
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MDF is the primary database file format used by Microsoft SQL Server, which is an enterprise-level database program; used for database files installed with SQL Server and related add-ons. Custom MDF files may also be created by the user in SQL Server. MDF can be the file extension denoting diverse sort of files.
Commonly MDF file extension is used to symbolize Microsoft SQL Server Database files. In SQL Server, the file extension MDF stands for Master Database File, and the entire database information of SQL Server is saved in that MDF file. MDF is the primary database file format used by this SQL database Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Sometimes SQL server database gets corrupted due to the following reasons:
The above causes can corrupt MDF files badly. You can re-configure the SQL Server database but you cannot access your MDF file because it gets corrupted.
To open the corrupt MDF file, you need an MDF file viewer utility, which can help you to access your MDF file contents. SQL MDF Viewer helps you to view the corrupt MDF file information without any special requirement.
Get this free SQL Server database file reader utility to read corrupt MDF or healthy MDF file information.
Step1: Preview
Download and Install SQL MDF File Viewer After that click on Add file button to load & open mdf file.
Step2: Read
Now the tool will read and scan MDF File bit by bitscanning is done, the all items will be loaded for preview.
Step3: Preview MDF Data
Finally, all sql components (tables, stored procedure,views, triggers, rules and functions) can be previewed with Meta data.
This tool is surely a master piece. I would say it is one of the best MDF file viewer utilities to view the healthy as well as corrupted MDF Files of SQL Server Database in just few clicks of the mouse.
—George Maurice