I have a SQL Server DB that was restored from another server. When I restored it, I used a different name to restore it but didn't realize the FullText Catalog would have the old name. I created a new full text catalog with the correct name but how can I migrate the data from the old one to the new one and remove the old one?
Tried rebuilding new one but need to move data from old to new
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I used the following command for restoring a database:
RESTORE DATABASE TorqueNet
FROM DISK = 'C:\Backup.bak';
GO
This command deletes the existing data and performs a complete data replacement.
Instead of that, I want to append new data and replace existing records if there are any changes but keep existing data.
If I understand you, no you cannot. A database restore will overwrite the destination.
It sounds like you are wanting to merge one database into another, which can be done with 3rd party tools.
You would need to
Restore the backup to another database
Merge the newly restored database into the current database.
If this is a task that you need to repeat, then you could probably create an SSIS package to help you automate the process.
If you have a search for SQL Merge tools, or look at this question
A restore is replacing the database, its not running any kinda of insert or update transact sql it really is just overwriting the database.
I am really really new to SQL Server, I know how to do a query and other simple stuff and recently my company was bought by another one, we had a Cube Server which was accessed by a excel file via olap using the analysis services from sql server 2008 it was updated by an .abf file, first day after the sale the former server was retired, and everything I have access to is this .abf file used to update the cube, I installed sql server 2008 enterprise edition and I'm trying to restore the file to a new database via the analysis services since the only instructions I received from the old IT department is that is needed to be restored via analysis services. I searched online for some solutions and came across several articles and none of the steps worked for me because they required a already configured database and they were only restoring a backup. I'm thinking I need the .mdf file first so I can recreate the database as is and then I can update it via the .abf file, can someone point me in the right direction?
Since you have the .ABF file, there are a couple options to restore this as a new database. You can either create a new database with the same name, then restore this database from the .ABF file with the AllowOverwrite option set to true. You can also restore directly to a new database by right-clicking the SSAS instance and selecting Restore... From here, specify the backup file name and just enter the name of the database and this will be created as a new cube. This name must be a new database name, as if an existing cube is specified it will be overwritten. Either approach can be done through an XMLA command in SSMS and an example of this is below.
<Restore xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine">
<File>C:\YourFilePath\YourCubeBackupFile.abf</File>
<DatabaseName>TargetOrNewDatabaseName</DatabaseName>
<AllowOverwrite>true</AllowOverwrite>
</Restore>
Try attaching the database with the mdf file in the sql server 2008.
I did a database restore in Azure and now have 2 databases. The original and the restored one with a suffix added to the name.
How do I copy the restored one over the original one?
I do not want to update the connection string in my application.
If you know for sure,both have same data..try below steps
1.Rename old database to some other name
2.Rename restored database name to desired one as per config
3.drop or archive for some days the currently renamed database
You can do the renaming part through SSMS.
I have run into something quite odd, i haven't had this issue before, or maybe i'm missing something here.
In SQL Server Management Studio 2012 i am trying to run a Query to create a new database but it ends up cloning an old database, the code i'm using is:
CREATE DATABASE SEC_SSG_INOUT;
GO
USE SEC_SSG_INOUT;
GO
The database gets created with the correct name but it contains the same tables and stored procedures as an old database called SEC_SSG, but with empty data.
What is going on here?
You must have added these objects to your model database by mistake at some point.
This gets used as the template for all new databases. Any objects created in there will be present in new databases CREATE-ed.
When I create any new database It automatically create some tables in new database.
Details:
I created a new database "TestDatabase" using below command
Create database TestDatabase
When I expand the Tables folder, I found that there are already some tables created automatically.
These are those tables which I was using in some other database.
Table names:
1. Employee
2. Admin
etc
How can I create new fresh database to make sure that no tables created in it?
Presumably at some point you accidentally created these tables in the model database.
This is used as the template for creating new databases. Simply delete them from model to stop them appearing in every freshly created database.
SQL Server uses the model database as the basis for new databases. Check and see if these tables exist in model - and if they do, delete them.
You should probably check for other objects in modeltoo (stored procedures, views etc).