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Grifter
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2013-10-10 : 11:26:43
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| HiI have a DB on an old PC with local installed SQL Server 2005. I want to export to DB on another machine with 2008 express but I need to do it by file I can copy across the network.What's the best way?ThanksG |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2013-10-10 : 11:47:32
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| Backup/restore is the best way to move an entire database. Run a full backup on the 2005 server, copy the backup file to the 2008 server, then restore it.Tara KizerSQL Server MVP since 2007http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/ |
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Extracting Tables from One PC to Another