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cidr
Posting Yak Master

United Kingdom
192 Posts

Posted - 10/19/2012 : 10:42:41

Hi there,

I know there is quite a few threads on this topic but can't for the life of me get this working.

I have a backup from a database (dbSource) and I want to use this backup and restore it to another database (dbTarget) which is at the moment emtpy.

I don't want to affect dbSource when I use this backup but I get errors saying I can't overwrite dbSrouce. I don't want to overwrite it... and don't want to touch this database.

I only want to use the back up to make a 'copy' of it over dbTarget.

Please can someone help me with this.

robvolk
Most Valuable Yak

USA
15559 Posts

Posted - 10/19/2012 : 11:06:09

RESTORE DATABASE dbTarget FROM DISK='backup file location' WITH REPLACE

Note that if dbSource and dbTarget have different logical names for data and log files, you'll need to use the MOVE option in the RESTORE command:

RESTORE DATABASE dbTarget FROM DISK='backup file location' WITH REPLACE
, MOVE 'dbSource_Data' TO 'path to dbTarget MDF file'
, MOVE 'dbSource_Log' TO 'path to dbTarget LDF file'

Naturally it's a good idea to make a backup of dbTarget first, unless it's completely empty.

cidr
Posting Yak Master

United Kingdom
192 Posts

Posted - 10/21/2012 : 09:54:19

@robvolk

With a bit of fiddling about and RESTORE FILELISTONLY, along with the code you supplied, I managed to get this working.

Thanks

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