Newbie Question with CREATE DATABASE

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Hello all. Could someone please help me. I am new to SQL and trying to follow a book instruction to create a practice DB in SQL Server 2014. The book instructs me to run the script below.

CREATE DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 ON (FILENAME = '{drive}:{file path}\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf')
FOR ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG

So I typed the following in SQL Server 2014 Query Window;

CREATE DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 ON (FILENAME = '{D}:{SQL Server Management Studio\Downloads\AWSampleDB}\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf')
FOR ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG

and I get the error below

Msg 5105, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
A file activation error occurred. The physical file name '{D}:{SQL Server Management Studio\Downloads\AWSampleDB}\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf' may be incorrect. Diagnose and correct additional errors, and retry the operation.

I tried removing the brackets and single quotes but no luck. Any help would be kindly appreciated. Thank you!

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you should replace the {whatever} including the brace or curly bracket { }

CREATE DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 
ON (FILENAME = 'D:\SQL Server Management Studio\Downloads\AWSampleDB\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf')
FOR ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG

make sure the path is correct

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Thank you so much khtan! Problem solved. I am sure I'll be back for more as I follow along with my book tutorials :slight_smile: