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Restore sql server express bak file as different db?

nano
8/24/2007 8:55:37 AM

sql server (alternate):

I have a bak file of a sql server express database from another server,
and I'd like to restore it to my dev box as a different database. Does

Re: Restore sql server express bak file as different db?

Erland Sommarskog
8/24/2007 9:49:34 PM

nano (nano@nano.ono) writes:
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First run

RESTORE FILELIST_ONLY FROM DISK = '<path>'

Make a note of the logical files names. Then run:

RESTORE DATABASE db FROM DISK = '<path>'
WITH MOVE '<logicalfile1>' TO '<pathwhereyouwantit>.mdf',
MOVE '<logicalfile2>' TO '<pathwhereyouwantit>.ldf',
REPLACE

See also the RESTORE command in Books Online. I might have confused
FILELIST_ONLY and HEADERONLY.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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