I have SQL Server 2005 .mdf file and now I need to attached the same to SQL Server 2008
so how can I do the same.
Is any such tool is available , which convert 2005 .mdf file to 2008 .mdf file ?
As I do not have access to SQL Server 2005 at all .
Best practice is to backup the database using SQL Server Management Studio with SQL Server 2005, and then restore it on SQL Server 2008.
But you can simply attach the SQL Server 2005 .MDF file to SQL Server 2008. SQL Server will convert it for you - it is able to read data files from older versions of SQL Server.
I would suggest attaching to SQL Server 2008, performing an SQL Server backup, then restoring it back to SQL Server 2008. This will cause the database to be recreated, and will alert you to any data issues.
Cheers,
Peter
When you restore database backup(2005) to SQL Server 2008 , SQL Server restore your backup and update it's to new version. But SQL Server don't change compatible level of your database. you can change compatible level of your database by following query.
ALTER DATABASE test SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL=100;
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I'm a bit stuck with this scenario. My dev VM has SQL Server 2014 on it, and I've been working on a SQL Server 2008 database. The 2008 database is listed as '2008 compatible'. I now need to put this on a demo server which has an older edition of SQL Server (2012), and I find that 2008 compatible DBs don't create 2008 compatible backups (which I would have thought would be a given).
I'm actually trying to backup from SQL 2014 and recover into SQL Server 2012. How do I get a SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2012 compatible backup file from my 2008 compatible database?
Thanks.
You have to script the SQL database creation, in SQL Server Management Studio :
right click on the DB -> Task -> Generate script
From there a series off dialog to choose what to generate with the SQL command creation and where, in clipboard or file (recommanded for big DB), with optionally the data as some Insert Into SQL command. To find the data option click on the "Advanced" button and search for "Type of data to script"
I don't know if the title is correct but well what I'd like to ask: is it possible to import my database from SQL Server 2005 to 2008 or is the database in SQL Server 2005 compatible with 2008? I'm still a newbie.
Thanks
You can restore an SQL Server 2005 database on SQL Server 2008.
You can not restore an SQL Server 2008 database on SQL Server 2005.
Generally speaking, at the time of writing,
you can restore any database starting from SQL Server 2005 on a newer version of SQL Server (up to 2016), and
you can not restore any database on an earlier version.
You might want to increase the compatibility level of your DB after restoring it on a newer SQL Server version.
Yes. They are compatible. You can use a backup to transfer all the data.
I'm trying to restore an old database backup in SQL Server 2014, and I'm getting the error below:
How can I go through this?
I'm importing the backup in the follow way:
Tasks -> Restore -> Database
Select device option -> Pick up the .bak file
At the options select Overwrite
ok
Thanks in advance.
You are trying to restore a SQL Server 2000 database on SQL Server 2014. This is not supported.
You will need to restore your database on an instance of SQL Server 2005, 2008 or 2008 R2 first, then back it up from there, then restore the new backup on SQL Server 2014. Microsoft explains this here how to on SQL Server 2012.
I don't think you'll be able to jump that many versions from a SQL 2000 backup straight to 2014. It's just too much of a jump with too many changes to be made.
Restore it to SQL 2008 first, then back this up and then restore to 2014.
Here's some links to guides that should be able to help you;
http://sqlmag.com/sql-server-2014/sql-select-steps-migrate-sql-server-2000-sql-server-2014
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mdegre/2012/06/15/migration-sql-server-2000-to-sql-server-2012/
First of all not, that you can restore your SQL Server database backups on a different version of SQL Server, but with one tiny restriction. You can restore your backups only upwards, it means that you can restore from SQL Serve 2005 to 2008 or from 2012 to 2014.
But it has to be admitted, there is no way of restoring your database backups from SQL Server 2012 to 2008. SQL Server has such restriction because every new version has modifications in the binary of the database and their storage.
Also, you can't jump forward two versions, for example, you cannot restore a database backups from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server version 2014 as you are trying.
As it has recommended above you need to restore in few steps. Firstly restore it on SQL Server 2005 or 2008. make a full backup and then restore it on SQL Server 2014.
Currently, one of our product running on the SQL Server 2008R2.
For new installation client want to go for SQL Serer 2014 because at this location Microsoft is not selling licence for the SQL Server 2008R2.
In SQL Server 2014, you can restore a user database from a database backup that was created by using SQL Server 2005 or a later version. However, backups of master, model and msdb that were created by using SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server 2012 cannot be restored by SQL Server 2014. Also, backups created in SQL Server 2014 cannot be restored by any earlier version of SQL Server.
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Yes.
Wen you restore database backup that created with older version of SQL Server in to new version, SQL Server automatically updated your database in new version. But don't change compatibility level of your database. You can change Compatibility level of your database after restore complete by following query :
ALTER DATABASE test SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 120
In SQL Server 2014 SP1 there are breaking changes to the restoreheader definition (3 new fields added).
If you use it, you should have a look at this thread:
breaking changes to SQL Server 2014 SP1 - restoreheader
How to copy database and all tables pks triggers etc as well as data from SQL Server Express to SQL Server 2005 ?
Using Backup/Restore
Backup the database on SQL Server Express
Restore the database to SQL Server 2005
Using Detach/Attach
Detach the database from SQL Server Express
Attach the database to SQL Server 2005
Note
This assumes the Express Edition is 2005 as well. Downgrading from 2008 to 2005 can be problematic.
Why do you need to copy anything?? Just detach the database (MDF + LDF) from your SQL Server Express, copy the files to the full server, and re-attach the database - and you're done!
You could create an Database Backup, or Drop the Database as Query.