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I am trying to back up and restore a database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2012. I know that the ideal method would be to use SQL Server 2005 or another program as an intercessor; however, I don't have access to any versions of this. So my question is, has anyone had any experience with any software similar that I could use as a middle agent to do this?
I don't know of any software that can act as an intercessor. SQL Server's database format is the definition of proprietary. You'll need to install an instance of SQL Server - temporarily - that lies somewhere between 2000 and 2012, in order to upgrade the database there, then back it up and restore it to 2012. There is no other path.
You don't have access to any intermediate versions? Sure you do. You can download the evaluation edition of SQL Server 2008 R2, and it will work for 180 days, which should be plenty of time to restore your database, increase the compatibility level, and then back it up again.
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In my Office is ready installed foxpro database with old visual foxpro information system. but in new information system we need develop with visual studio and install Microsoft SqlServer Database.
Can i install foxpro and sql-server both in same PC User without any conflicts?
Absolutely, people have been doing it for years. Especially those people who use Visual FoxPro as the front end and connect to SQL Server data.
At some points I have had Visual FoxPro 6 and 9, a couple of versions of SQL Server and PostGres all on the same machine.
Visual FoxPro databases are just stored in the file system as files. There is no 'server' in the sense of SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 etc. Which is one of the problems with it in the present day.
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What SQL server 2012 edition to use for database size which is 13GB...we were using express edition earlier. Now that we have merged all individual database into one, we want to upgrade out beta server. Kindly suggest. Should we go only for entreprise edition or can we use developer or standard edition considering the cost.
A developer edition cannot be used in production due to obvious reasons. Your next choices are Web, Standard, Enterprise - in order of costs. Here's a comparison between editions you can take a look at.
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I want to downgrade the database to SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition. I know there is no direct option. I tried to backup on 2012 and then restore on 2008. Not working.Any Idea on how to completely transfer database ?
You cannot convert a SQL Server 2012 database file to a SQL Server 2008 database file. The downgrade is not possible. The compatibility of database files is available only from an old version to a newer one, not the opposite. Indeed, you can convert a SQL Server 2008 database file to SQL Server 2012 database file.
Use the integrated SQL Server tools:
Right click on the database.
Select Tasks and Generate Scripts.
Following the wizard, at the end of it in the Advanced Scripting Options clicking the "Advanced" button, select the SQL Server version for which you want to generate the scripts, using the option Script for Server Version. Moreover, you would be able to generate the scripts to export the schema of your objects and/or the data, selecting the option Types of data to script, as you can see in the screenshot below:
The time needed for the process to generate both (schema and data) will depend on the amount of data you want to export, of course. As #Arun suggested, have a look at the process in more detail here, using step by step instructions.
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I'm trying to restore an very old code of mine, in that time the database was ms access and then I upgraded to SQL Server 7 SP4, now I want to restore those old backup, but SQL Server 2014 does not allow this..
So I would like to know how can I get to restore those backup, without installing SQL Server 7 ..
Thx U
It's a 'three-version' rule. For example, to SQL Server 2012 one can only restore databases from 2008R2, 2008 and 2005 versions. Similarly, SQL Server 7 database can be restored to 2005, but no later version. To restore it to 2014, you will (by the rule) have to restore it to 2005, take a backup on 2005 and restore it to 2012, and only then 2012 backup restore to 2014. However, there is an exception: 2014 acknowledges the 2005 SP4, so you can skip the second step, and restore straight from 2005 to 2014 (but only from 2005 SP4).
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I have taken over a client, who had an inhouse developer. The inhouse developer used SQL Server 2012 Evaluation (which I believe/assume is Enterprise)?
Regardless, their SQL Server eval has now expired, and they are "locked" into buying SQL Server, as their whole app infrastructure now sits in SQL Server 2012.
Will the database of an evaluation version of SQL Server, spool up in a SQL Server 2012 Express version?
I don't right now have the architecture at hand to test this scenario, and would like some ideas around the best way to resolve this. As it is now, they are dead in the water.
The client does not need anything specific to 2012 Standard or enterprise version for that matter (to my knowledge), and they are only about 30 users, using the app inhouse.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.