The question is easy: is there a commant to backup an entire SqlServer database to a .sql file?
I developed a web application and now I need a button that permits to download a .sql file with all the data on the server.
Thanks a lot!
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I have an Azure Database backed up as a .bacpac file.
However, my new hosting platform does not allow .bacpac imports. (only .bak)
I was wondering if it were possible to backup to a .bak file, using SSMS.
If not, is it possible to convert a .bacpac to a .bak?
I'm going to add 1 more thing to this...
After research, I understand this is possible with SQL Server. (not SSMS)
Does anyone know if it's possible to do a .bak backup with SQL Server 2014 Express?
Ok, so after some research... Here is the solution that worked for me:
First, download SQL Server 2014 Express, from Microsoft (Or whatever version/instance you prefer)
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express
Next, set it up correctly by watching this very helpful YouTube Video:
YouTube SQL Server 2014 Express Setup Video
Note: You will also need a version of SSMS, which you can also do/figure out by watching the YouTube video.
Then, on your Azure account (or wherever your Database is that doesn't allow you to create a .BAK file is, do the following)
Connect to it and navigate to Tasks > Export Data-tier Application.
Save that to your computer. (That will give you a .bacpac file.)
Next, connect to your "local" SQL Server instance.
Then, Import data-tier Application. (Will need the .bacpac file)
Lastly, (after fully imported) you will now have the option to do Tasks > Back Up
This will allow you to save a local file as a .BAK file!
Then, just upload this file to your new hosting platform.
This worked like a charm for me. :-)
Hope this helps someone else.
.bacpac contains less information than .bak file, for example no transaction logs. Best approach would be to restore backpac on some other server and then create backup.
I have an Azure SQL Server which I would like to dump out into a .sql file. How can I achieve this most easily, and preferably only using the provided tools? I have tried using the export functionality on the azure portal but that only seems to be for backing up the DB to another part of Azure. I need it to be a .sql dump file such that I can reconstruct this DB in postgres
Are you looking for something different than generating scripts with data?
This post discusses it:
Script all data from SQL Server database
We got a SSIS maintenance plan package in our client's server which does the database backups (Back Up Database Task). We need to export this package to a new database server and need to change the backup locations and sql serer server configurations in the package.
The problem is we do not have the actual SSIS project but the .dtsx file.It's possible to do the changes just by using .dtsx file design by opening it on SQL Server Data Tools but does it require to do a build and then import the file in to stored packages?
As per my experience, take a backup of the file, open the file in notepad or notepad++ and edit the locations. it is that simple. And should test first in UAT or PreProd :)
I want to open an .bak file that was created with SQL Server. There is some method to open that database with any other program?
Thanks.
I suppose that you are a Windows user, then, you can use Notepad to browse the database if you just need to check some records.
Ok, I know this may sound stupid but, is there any way to deploy a database from a .bak file exported from SQL Server into any kind of Mac software? If there, which one?
If that is not possible, is there a way that I could deploy that database if I first deploy it into SQL Server and export it, maybe in a different way?
Thanks in advance.
The bak file created by SQL Server is a database backup file, and you will only be able to restore it to a Microsoft SQL Server instance.
If you want to port a MSSQL database to some other RDBMS, your best bet is to use a tool for migrating the data directly from the running MSSQL datbbase to another running RDBMS. Perhaps a third party tool, or you could build an SSIS package to do the migration.
You can create a MySQL database and try the MySQL migration tool.
But just given a .bak file, you will not be able simply to read the file; you will need to extract data from a running database instance.