Thanks Bud: Re: SQL Server database restore

2001-04-10 Thread sebastian palmigiani
on 4/10/01 1:54 PM, Bud at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's pretty easy. Right click on the databases directory in EM, go under the All Tasks menu and choose Restore Database. Hey Bud. Thanks. I knew there was an easy way to do this. Also thank you Adrian Cooper and Adrian Cesana for the

RE: SQL Server database restore

2001-04-10 Thread Michael Kear
Restore is the best way to do it, but in my experience, that frequently doesnt work. (Just my luck I guess). So instead you can copy the original datafiles into your SQL data folder, and use attach instead. There are details in the Books Online. i don't have that with me right now, but if I

RE: SQL Server database restore

2001-04-10 Thread Adrian Cesana
Look at the DBCC DETACH and DBCC ATTACH in the BOL, this is a nice clean method of moving an SQL7+ DB... -Adrian -Original Message- From: sebastian palmigiani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 10:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL Server database restore I did my

Re: SQL Server database restore

2001-04-10 Thread Adrian Cooper
-Original Message- From: sebastian palmigiani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 10:55 AM I did my development in windows 98 with SQL Server. I have now windows 2000, with a clean install. How do I get the SQL Server database which I have backed up from the

RE: SQL Server database restore

2001-04-10 Thread Bob Silverberg
You should be able to do it the way you are describing, but you need to tell SQL server that you are restoring from a device, rather than from a database. From the Restore database dialog, there will be three options (on SQL2000 - I seem to recall that SQL7 was the same): Restore: (1) Database

Re: SQL Server database restore

2001-04-10 Thread Bud
On 4/10/01, sebastian palmigiani penned: I did my development in windows 98 with SQL Server. I have now windows 2000, with a clean install. How do I get the SQL Server database which I have backed up from the win98/SQL Server set up into the new win2000/SQL Server set up? I have put the backed