How to fix the Error: "Warning: you must recover this database prior to access."

Mainly cause of this Warning “Warning: you must recover this database prior to access.” is the corruption of transaction log file for the database. For recovery of this database you need to follow these steps :

1) Open ‘SSMS’ with ‘SA’ or ‘Super’ credentials.

2) Go to ‘Databases‘ and select your respective  suspected database.

3) Right click on that database and select ‘New Query’.

4) Run the following commands sequentially one by one.

• EXEC sp_resetstatus [Database name]
• ALTER DATABASE [Database name] SET EMERGENCY
• DBCC checkdb([Database name])
• ALTER DATABASE [Database name] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE.
• DBCC CheckDB ([Database name],REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS)
• ALTER DATABASE [Database name] SET MULTI_USER

5) After successful execution of all commands your database is recovered and ready for use.

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