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itsenter
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 Posted - 2007-07-13 : 14:18:40
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| Hi,I need to restore from the backup database that originally had 1 datafile, but the target db should have several datafiles.Does anybody know if SQL SERVER allows this ?Thanks,irene. |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2007-07-13 : 18:37:08
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| Try it, will give you error if sql doesn't like this. |
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itsenter
Starting Member
18 Posts |
Posted - 2007-07-17 : 11:28:09
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| I tried it, and received an error. I am wondering if there is any way to do this.Thanks,Irene. |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7266 Posts |
Posted - 2007-07-17 : 13:21:26
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| Drop target db, recreate it with single data file then restore. |
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restore single file db to multi files db