Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 11/15/07 21:57

Seguros Catatumbo (seguroscatatumbo@gmail.com) writes:
> Hi, i am using sql server 2000, and i make daily backups. I want to
> restore my backup to a test msde database i have. I don't know how i
> did it last time.
>
> -The database name is the same: "web" on both places
> -The database is located on different hard drives and the file name
> are different on both places.
>
> I tried to do it from enterprise manager, restore database, from
> device, i chose the transaction file and the database backup itself
> and tried to restore, but i got an error that i don't have exclusive
> access to the database.

RESTORE DATABASE db FROM DISK ='filenamehere'
WITH MOVE 'logicalname1' TO 'path.mdf',
MOVE 'logicalname2' TO 'path_log.ldf',
REPLACE

logicalname1/2 are the logical names of the device file. You find these
with help of sp_helpdb on the source database, or RESTORE FILELISTONLY
on the backup file.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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