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Step by Step Guide to Fix SQL Database Error 1813

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Published By Nilesh Kumar
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Published On September 11th, 2021
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Category SQL Server

Microsoft’s SQL Server is used by many users for managing databases. It stores it’s the SQL database in MDF and NDF files that are known as the primary and secondary database files. But many times, there occurs some situations where it shows error messages due to the corruption of database files.

One of the errors faced by many users is the SQL database error 1813. In this blog, we will discuss and understand the information related to this error such as its causes and the methods to fix the SQL database error 1813.

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Causes of SQL Database Error 1813

Before moving forward, it is also important to know the causes of this SQL database error message.

  • If the new server is consists of a corrupt or damaged database file.
  • Sudden power failure can cause database file corruption issues.
  • Network problems may cause difficulties in the synchronization process and it may cause corruption issues.

Manual Workaround to Fix Microsoft’s SQL Database Error 1813

The SQL server log is corrupted, and in order to rebuild the database, follow the instructions step by step.

  • Create a new database with the name similar to the prior existing database.
  • Check the name of the log file (LDF) and primary file (MDF) remain the same as prior to the log file and database data.
  • Now, terminate the SQL server and replace the original MDF file with the newly created MDF file.
  • Delete the log file (LDF) of the newly created database.
  • Start the SQL server on doing The database will be marked as ‘suspect’.

Now, to check the updated values of the system tables of the master database, follow given below procedure:

USE MASTER

GO

sp_CONFIGURE ‘allow updates’, 1

RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE

GO

  • Now, to return the current status of the database.

SELECT *

FROM sysdatabases

WHERE name = ‘yourdatabasename’

  • The statement will update only one row in the database

BEGIN

UPDATE sysdatabases

SET status = 32768

WHERE name = ‘yourdatabasename’

COMMIT TRAN

  • Restart the SQL Server
  • Execute the DBCC command in SQL Server Management Studio. As a result, it will create a new log file. Ensure that the name of the new log file is similar to the prior log file:

DBCC TRACEON (3604)

DBCC REBUILD_LOG(yourdatabasename,’c:\yourdatabasename_log.ldf’)

GO

DBCC contains two parameters:

  1. Database name.
  2. The physical path of the log file.

Confirm that Path is physical otherwise, while you use a logical name then an error message will occur.

  • Now, reset the database, follow these instructions:

sp_RESETSTATUS yourdatabasename

GO

  • Turn off the update to the system tables of the master database using this query:

USE MASTER

GO

sp_CONFIGURE ‘allow updates’,0

RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE

GO

  • Change the status of the database to the previous status.
  • Update the single row in the database using this script:

BEGIN

UPDATE sysdatabases

SET status = (retrieved values from the first query OF STEP 5)

WHERE name = ‘yourdatabasename’

COMMIT TRAN

GO’

Note: While going through 8, 9, 10 steps if there is an error while the database is in use then set the database to a status single user.

sp_DBOPTION ‘yourdatabasename’, ‘single user’,’true’

Once you are over with 8,9,10 steps and you find that database is not in multi-user mode then run this script.

sp_DBOPTION ‘yourdatabasename’, ‘single user’,’false’

Another Method to Fix SQL Server Database Error 1813

If the steps mentioned above unable to fix the SQL Error Code 1813, then try using another way. You can opt for an external third-party tool to fix the SQL database error in 1813. Emaidoctor Recover SQL Database Software to fix the SQL server database error in 1813.

This software has the ability to recover the corrupted database files. This software provides a simple interface so that the native users can also recover database files easily. Moreover, this software supports SQL Server 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 / 2008 R2, 2005, 2000. Although, it also recovers deleted SQL database objects such as Table, Triggers, Functions, Stored Procedure, Indexes, etc.

Conclusion

In this blog, we have discussed the solution to fix the SQL Database Error 1813. In this article  We have given a manual method to resolve this issue. But in case if you wont be able to resolve such type of error then the user can take the help of automated solution to access inaccessible database.

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By Nilesh Kumar

As a Chief Technical Writer, I know the technical issues faced by home and professional users. So, I decided to share all my knowledge via this blog. I love to help you with challenges while dealing with technical jargon.