I am trying to restore a SQL Server database from a .dat file. An earlier question on how to do this elicited the following answer.

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You need to know how the '.dat' file was created in order to import it. Use
RESTORE FILELISTONLY to determine if this is a database backup:

RESTORE FILELISTONLY
FROM DISK='C:\MyData base.dat'

You can then execute a RESTORE with the desired...