Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 01/28/07 10:36

Bob (bobk7@earthlink.net) writes:
> Trying to transfer databases from MSDE to SQL. When I use SQL
> Enterprise Manager - DTS - import or export, it works for the first
> database, but then fails for the others. I select the to and from
> databases using DTS - Import - 'MS OLE DB Provider for SQL Server',
> then select 'Copy objects and data between SQL Servers'. It fails
> with the generic error message: 'Copy objects failed', nothing
> further. I tried to just copy data, and it doesn't work totally. On
> two databases, it said that it copied everything, but when I go in
> under Enterprise manager, some of the tables are incomplete, i.e. no
> data, table shows up in the list, but if you try to look at it, it
> says that it is missing or empty. Also, one table was not even
> copied. In the other two cases, I get errors, does not copy all
> tables. I get errors, like insert fails, but the column it references
> for the table does not even exist in that table. Any suggestions
> would be appreciated.

I've never used the transfer stuff, so I cannot answer that part. But
why don't you simply do backup and restore? Once you have restored
you will have to tie users back to server logins with sp_change_users_login.


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