I'm moving a website and I backed up all of my databases from the old host into one total sql backup file.
I need to restore a specific database inside this file to my new host that is used for the wordpress site.
How would I achieve this?
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Open SQL File using a Text editor then search for the specific database, in my case there was a comment declaring where it began. Then copy all the tables into a seperate file with extension .sql
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I'm working with a company trying to setup a new database system as their old database software has gone out of business. All the data is in a .fb file that is encrypted (You used to have to get backups 'unlocked' before they would let you use them).
I've managed to get a copy of the database (I think it's unencrypted as I copied it while the database was open and then changed the copied files permissions using terminal).
The problem is that it's a .fb file and I can't find a way to 'open' it to browse the data...
Any Ideas?
Generally speaking, data stored in relational databases aren't just stored as ascii csv files. So you won't be able to just open up a .fb file in a text editor and grab the data.
If you're still able to query the database, you will need to have the frontbase server generate a dump of the data into a flat file.
See the frontbase documentation for backup and restore. Specifically 4.9.1. Exporting Schema and Content Data:
WRITE ALL OUTPUT('<output-directory>' [,'YES']);
I have set up a wordpress site, installed a theme, imported the sample data xml file, and did a sqldump of the database after completing these steps. I have a script that will automate the creation of the wordpress directory and database for a new site. I would like to add restoring the new database with the dump file. I have been able to do this but the links to wp-admin and wp-login point to the old site's directory instead of the new one. Any idea of why this may be and what can be done to avoid this?
I found the problem. The sql dump simply had all the data including the absolute links that were generated. So I used perl to search for the strings I needed to update in the sql dump before I put the data into the new database. Thanks.
I've not done much SQL and am still pretty new to this, so please excuse what's probably a basic question.
I've been asked to look into creating an SQL job to backup our databases, store the .baks on another machine and then to restore them to a second server. I've been doing a bit of research and playing with SSMS and have back-ed up the database to my personal machine by setting up a share and running a backup job to the share location. I'm now trying to create a new database (on the same server I back-ed up from) by restoring the .bak file (but giving the database I'm trying to create a new name and what-not) but am unable to specify restoring it from the share, like I did when backing it up/I can't find how to specify other network locations and am just browsing the server's C drive when I try to locate the file.
For now, I'm just using the built-in wizards to try and achieve this (open SSMS -> Connect to server -> right click DataBases -> Restore DataBases and then select From Device and browse to find the file).
This isn't the final process, just me trying to get to grips with how this works. As I said, the idea is to ultimately have a scheduled job to backup the DB from server1 to a .bak on, say, my personal machine and then to restore that to a DB on server2 (different network, different city) and, probably, with a series of SQL commands rather than using the wizard every time (there are a few DBs that'll, ultimately, need backing up).
My apologies for the, possibly, quite drawn out and convoluted question - essentially, all I need to know is can I/how can I restore a DB in SSMS from a .bak on a different machine?
Many thanks
You could use something like the following script. It restores a database from the filesystem, and it overwrites the existing database with the name of "MyDB", moving the files to new locations of your choice in the process.
RESTORE DATABASE
MyDB
FROM DISK = '\\MyShare\MyBackup.bak'
WITH
MOVE 'DataFile' TO 'D:\myNewDBLocation\DataFile.mdf',
MOVE 'LogFile' TO 'E:\\myNewDBLocation\LogFile.ldf'
, REPLACE
You can find out the name of the llogical files (in the above, those are called DataFile and LogFile by running the following:
RESTORE FILELISTONLY
FROM DISK = '\\MyShare\MyBackup.bak'
Additional information about various options and parameters:
RESTORE (Transact-SQL)
Probably this is the lamest question ><
I am developing an ASP.net web app with SQL Server database. When the client asked me to develop the system, he provided a file for the database.
I thought the file was a dumpfile (if you familiar with oracle or mysql, you can replicate database with dumpfile, which is basically bunch of queries inside a text file).
To my horror, plus with my noobity in SQL Server, I found out that it was NOT a dumpfile. The file is rename to .bak which is not really the correct extension for SQL Server. I tried to rename it to .mdf, but no luck.
What should I do? The client is out for vacation on some island and cannot be contacted at the moment?
This is backup file, you need to restore database from backup.
How to: Restore a Database Backup (SQL Server Management Studio)
This is SQL Server backup database file. You can restore it by following these steps: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177429.aspx
Alex Aza has the right answer. But remember to create users for the database, before you restore the provided .bak file. A backup file only hold a user id -- the complete user definition is held in the server instance. Thus, it is better to create the users needed before restoring a backup from another server instance which is the case in your project.
I am working on a website that has access data from a database (sql server). It will also be adding, updating deleting records in the database. It seems like there is an MDF file that gets created containing the database schema and all the records I guess? Once development is complete and I want to move this database to a real server then all I need to do is move this MDF file to the real server and that is it? is it that simple? or not really?
Also, I hope the MDF file is not a read-only file and can be updated/modified or is it?
Yes, the MDF data file (and the associated *.LDF transaction log file) contains all the database objects that make up your system.
And yes, you can definitely detach a database (an .MDF/.LDF file pair) from your (dev) SQL Server, copy it onto another "real" Production SQL Server, and re-attach it there, without loss of data or information.
Yes, the MDF file is modifyable - through the SQL Server commands and methods. You should never tamper with the file yourself, directly (flipping bits). Use SQL Server and its official interfaces (T-SQL, ADO.NET etc.) to work with your data.
Yes you can do that. Right click the database and click "detach". Make sure you click the drop connections box and click ok (if you don't do this some errors could occur). You can now move the mdf and ldf files.
However, there is a better way imho. Instead, create a full backup of the database, copy the backup file, and restore from the backup on the new server. Now you have two copies of the database, a development version and a production version.
You will need to take .MDF file as well as .LDF file which will have your logs. You have to take both mdf and ldf files and attach on the real server.