Is their any possibility to restore selected tables from a .bak file using Microsoft SQL server management studio. By using query browser i am able to open back-up file in script tab and hence select required queries, is their any similar operation is available in sql server?
Unfortunately it is not possible to restore specific objects from a .bak file. You could restore the database somewhere else, then use the Import/Export utility to refresh a table's data.
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I want to backup some specific data of SQL database by using vb.net code. In fact i want to save this file as .BAK file and then i want to restore it.
I couldn't find anything. all the solutions in the web was about full backup of database and there was not any method to backup some tables via code.
SQL Server does not permit backing up a single table. Full stop. No provision is made for this whatsoever.
It does permit restoring a single table from a complete backup, but this does not seem to be what you want.
Is there a way to backup and restore a database without the data. I just want the tables, scheme, stored procedures, etc. without the data.
How to backup the database?
How to restore it in SSMS?
If I'm not mistaken you can do this:
Right click the database
Select Script Database As
Select Create to
Select file
This gives you a script that you can run on a different server to set up the db.
Update:
You probably need to follow the steps here
We made two backups from a database that needed changes in many tables, one is an exact copy of that database and the other is a BACPAC file.
The new model for the database is ready but I was wondering, how can I copy the contents of the tables we want to recover from the copy of the original database? Is it possible?
I tried using SQL Server Management Studio 2012 but I couldn't find an option that could let me copy from a BACPAC file which is weird because everywhere I look into people is saying that by right click on the name of the database on the Tasks submenu there should be an Import option but there's not such option in it.
Can I copy the contents of a table into another table from a different database? Or is there a way to import the data from the BACPAC file into our modified database?
In SQL Server Management Studio (version 2012 or later), right click on the "Databases" node (not on your database) and choose "Import Data-tier Application" to restore a BACPAC file (or choose "Deploy Data-tier Application" to restore a DACPAC file).
Did you try the following?
Insert into dbA.user.table (a,b,c)
Select a,b,c from dbB.user.table
OR
SELECT a,b,c
INTO dbA.user.table
FROM dbB.user.table
I'm trying to backup a live database to my computer and I can't find the option to do it. I'm connecting to it using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2. I'm a MySQL monkey, so I'm used to being able to backup to .sql files and move them around.
Anyone have any idea how I can create a file backup of the database? I've found the backup option which only backs up on the server, or the export, which seems to only allow a single table, or code an SQL query, which I'm not too sure on, short of putting in something like SHOW TABLES;
Anyone have any ideas? I'm limited to readonly access for various reasons, nothing bad, promise!
You will only be able to backup the database to a location the service account for SQL has access to. If you have access to a central share on the server/network that you can access and the service can, you might backup to that location and then browse from your computer to pull it down.
If you are just wanting the database structure you could script the database out to a file. This would let you save it locally. If you also want the data though doing a full backup is the quickest way I know of.
EDIT
I would use the T-SQL BACKUP comand and include WITH COPY_ONLY to backup the database, since you stated this is a "live" database. If a scheduled job is performing backups against the database and you break in to do an additional one you will effect the backup recovery chain of the database. Using the COPY_ONLY will allow you to get a backup of the database without requiring it in the event of a recovery need.
You can also create sql dumps with Management Studio.
Right-click the database and select Tasks - Generate Scripts. This will open a wizard that allows you to select what the dump should include (e.g. tables, indices, views, ...).
Make sure you set "Script Data" to true if you want your dump to include inserts.
You can enter a valid UNC path in the Backup option.
I've got a backup made using the regular SQL Server 2005 backup command. Is there a way to restore just a single table, not the whole DB?
Restore the whole database to another machine (or temporary database), then copy the table seems like the easiest to me.
This is not natively supported in SSMS but it’s possible using third party tools.
Apart from Red Gate (great tools btw) you can try SQL Diff (restore object) and SQL Data Diff (restore data) from ApexSQL.
Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with ApexSQL but we are their customers and use their tools
The unit of backup and recovery in SQL Server is the database (it is the outer boundary of referential integrity).
Red Gate has some pretty good tools for row-level restore (SQL Data Compare and SQL Backup), but they come at a price.
Detach the current database then restore the database with the date of the tbl you need to a new location (make a sub folder) to put it in keep it separate from your production databases, then restore the database to that sub folder, when completed find the tbl you need and script it to a create script file save to a file, your done with the database delete it then reattached the original one, now scroll down to the tbl you want to restore and script it to a create file (this is a backup only) now delete the tbl, make sure your database is selected and the active one next load the the scripted file you just created with the other database in the query analyzer and run it, it should report successful now check to see if your tbl has been replaced. your done