title: Restore a bak file which is more than 3 GB on a SQL Server 2017 Express edition getting error
body: <p>I am trying to restore database whose size is around 3 GB to a SQL Server 2017 Express edition, but I keep getting this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Msg 1827, Level 16, State 4, Line 11<br>
    CREATE DATABASE or ALTER DATABASE failed because the resulting cumulative database size would exceed your licensed limit of 10240 MB per database.</p>
    
    <p>Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 11<br>
    RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.</p>
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