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simsekm
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 Posted - 2012-04-20 : 04:49:42
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| Hi,We decided to migrate from MS SQL Server 2005 Express to MS SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition. First of all, is it possible?And if it's possible what is the fastest and simple way? And last question this migration will bring performance to us?Regards |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
5072 Posts |
Posted - 2012-04-20 : 11:18:31
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| Restore a backup is the easiest and safest way. |
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simsekm
Starting Member
20 Posts |
Posted - 2012-04-29 : 08:59:31
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| When i backup DBs via MS Manager, backup files have .bak extension. But when i try to restore with bak files i get error. I think i should backup with .mdf extension. How can i do it? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2012-04-29 : 11:38:47
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Originally posted by simsekm
When i backup DBs via MS Manager, backup files have .bak extension. But when i try to restore with bak files i get error. I think i should backup with .mdf extension. How can i do it?
what error are you getting?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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SQL 2005 Express Edition Migration