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SQL Server: Importing database from .mdf?

I have an .mdf file on my local box.

I have SQL Server 2008 Express and SQL Management Studio 2008 Express installed on my local box.

How in the world do I import this .mdf file as a new database into my SQL Server?

This seems like a ridiculously common task that must be performed thousands of times a day across the globe, and I cannot figure out how to do it in Management Studio Express.

What am I missing?

Where's my freakin' "Import from .MDF" right-click option on Databases in Management Studio's tree view of the server?!

+1  A: 

See: How to: Attach a Database File to SQL Server Express

Joe Stefanelli  2010-10-27 21:37:39
And, though it's linked to (indirectly) from that article, here's how to do it [in SSMS](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190209.aspx).
djacobson  2010-10-27 21:50:33

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