Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/18/05 01:06

Darryl (DarrylJ@yahoo.com) writes:
> David Portas wrote:
>> You can always detach and reattach the files (sp_attach_db and
>> sp_detach_db) but as you'll have to restore them first you may as well
>> restore them where you want them to start with.
>>
>
> Once the new temp database is created, what procedure would you
> recommend for copying just the data between databases?

Depends on why, and how often etc. If you want to do it on a regular
basis, replication could be the way to go. For a one-off thing,
it depends on whether the target database already has data, and
what you want to do with it etc.

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