I have a scenario to load SQL Server backup file into a snowflake table. Is it possible?
Thanks,
Ravi
No, it's not possible. Not without restoring the backup to SQLServer and then either exporting the table to a format Snowflake can import or using an ETL tool
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We have SQL server database in Azure SQL Server instance. I want to backup the database onto a local hard drive and restore it to a physical server. How can I do this?
It seems backup is disabled in Azure SQL Server?
Thanks.
You got a few options to move the data:
You can use the Azure Database Migration Assistant tool to migrate your data from one database to another.
You can also export the database in Azure Sql to a .bacpac file, stored in an Azure Storage blob. See this link for more info. You can then download the file and import the .bacpac file in SSMS localy.
For reference, a .bacpac file is a ZIP file with an extension of 'bacpac' containing the metadata and data from a SQL Server database.
Is it possible to restore/import a SQL Server 2008 database backup file (.bak) into DB2 10.1?
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Not possible; completely different format.
Restore to another SQL Server instance then migrate. IBM has resources for that. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/migration/mtk/
1.) How can I backup my FILESTREAM database on SQL Server 2008 from SQL Server Management Studio?
2.) Do I have to make a separate backup of the FILESTREAM folder on disc?
1.) You can backup the filestream data using the normal SQL Backup & Recovery process. See this article for reference. You can also exclude filestream data explicitly from your backup should you want to.
2.) You can take a separate backup of the filestream directory, but you really don't need to. It only makes sense to the SQL Server DB instance that created it.
I'm trying to publish a webproject MVC3 .NET with binero.se. The problem is that my database file is .sdf. And binero wants a .bak file.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
.sdf is the file format for SQL Server Compact Edition and that's quite a different beast from "real" SQL Server. .bak is the database backup format for a full-blown SQL Server.
The way to get from .sdf to .bak would be:
create a temporary database in a "full" SQL Server (Express, Standard, Enterprise) with the name of the .sdf file
using a tool like SQL Server Compacst data and schema scripting, export your table structure and data from the SQL Server CE file into "full" SQL Server
once you've created all tables and other DB objects and inserted all your data into the "full" SQL Server database, create a backup of that database to get your .bak file
I do have a BKS file which contains 15GB+ size. How do I extract the data and run queries on this? I was told that this is SQL Server data. Should I try to upload this to SQL Azure? Any ideas.
You must use any edition of SQL Server, restore database and run your queries.
SQL Express not able to work with such amount data - there is limitation on 4GB (ver2010).
download sql server 2008 express edition from microsoft (free), and restore the backup on your dev machine..
It was actually a BAK file. Just run the standard restore database and point to the bks file.