Programatically Restore SQL Database
May 15, 2008
Hi Guys,
I am trying to figure out a way to restore a database programatically. Here is how I do it now. Right click on the database, select Restore. Browse out to my computer and find the .BAK file. Select the database and go into 'Restore Options' I have to physically change the .MDF and .LOG paths since I am getting this backup is not coming from my computer. I select 'Overwrite the existing database' then click restore.
My problem is that I have to change the paths to the MDF and LOG files. How could I automate this? Thank you!!
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Nov 18, 2006
Can anyone please direct me to an easy to understand Description, Article or Video tutorial that shows an example on how to programatically connect to an SQL database and retrieve data from a collumn using C# and VISUAL WEB DEVELOPER 2005 EXPRESS EDITION. Also, what namespace should be imported to do this? (From what I have gathered out of the help, it seem that System.Web.UI.WebControls is the one)
I am trying to create a "news letter" web page. I have a basic form and when I hit "send" then the code in the background should access the database with all the recipient info, and retrieve all the E-mail addresses, Names, etc. and include it in each e-mail.
( I don't know if it is just me, but the help included with VISUAL WEB DEVELOPER 2005 EXPRESS EDITION is extremely difficult to understand - from a beginner point of view).
Thanks!
Regards
Jan
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Jul 23, 2005
use this-is-a-stupid-namereturns an errorFor that matterselect *from this-is-a-stupid-name.dbo.anytablereturns an errorI've tried single quoted, double quotes, escaping. In the SQL editor I canselect the name from the dropdown and I'm OK - but I'm writing a perlscript to connect to the database.I didn't create the database and don't know how it was created.--Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
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Jun 27, 2001
I am crateing the database on the fly using db directory in VC++. I am able to create database. I am also able to create login. These can be easily done by logging as master using the username and password sa and "" resp. Now I want to add a user to the database that i created. but it is being added to the master database. I know that I have to change my login from sa ,"" to the username and password that i gave during login. but i dont know how to change the login. Please help. If you have any code for that then that will be of great help.
Hoping to get a positive response as soon as possible..
Thanx
Nitin Gulati
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May 2, 2007
Hello All,
I am working on constructing a software layer around some features of the RDL language that would allow me to programatically generate reports.
I am reading the RDL specification language, and I do not understand three things:
1) How the DataSet element is populated by the query or more precisely how do the <Field> elements capture all the rows inside the table that is being queries?
To my understanding I wilkl have to define several fields that correspond to all columns of interest in the query.
But that is only for one row (?!) How do the rest of the rows get populated? Does the server recursively create new rows based on my definitions until it matches row for row all the data in the table?
2) Once the elements are inside a DataSet how do make use of that data to render it in a table.
I understand how the DataSource, DataSet, and Table work individually, yet I do not understand how to establish a flow of data between DataSet and Table.
3) Do I even need to use a <Table> as an RDL element in order to organize the data in an excel table?
I would appreciate any help. Thank you!
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Apr 27, 2007
I have seen this before. A 2000 restore fails, leaving the database thinking it is being restored but the restore job failed and errors when it is restarted. EM is clueless. I believe there is a proc to reset some flag. Can you share it with me???
Thanks!
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Nov 19, 1999
11/19
Trying to keep out sysadmins & sa during/between database RESTORE
Configuration:
WINNT Server Enterprise 4.0 w/SP5
SQL Server 7 Enterprise & SP1
2 SQL Servers:
Production Server
Standby server
I Backup (full backup) databases to disk on primary server (logical backup devices are physicaly located on a Standby server (dedicated gigabit NIC in each server for this process). Transaction logs are applied to the Standby server throughout the day.
Problem:
How to keep out "sa" and sysadmins from a database while I'm restoring (or between restores) to a standby server?
The database being restored cannot be in use during a restore.
If a DBA forgets that this process is happening, the statement fails (RESTORE)for the database they happen to be in at the time of the restore.
Example restore statement:
Standby Server -
RESTORE DATABASE databasename FROM database_dd WITH DBO_ONLY, REPLACE, STANDBY = 'g:Mssql7FromPrimaryDatabaseName_undo.ldf'
I could restrict Domain sysadmin access and change sa password. I could also put the database in "Single user" mode, however this could become problem if my process disconnects and then someone else connects - then my process is locked out. What I'm really looking for is to lock out all activity for a database that is in "standby mode" except for RESTORE processes.
Any ideas??
Wade
wadej@vailresorts.com
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May 9, 2012
I'm taking a database(read-only) backup from one server and restoring it on other server. As soon as restore is done it is bringing database into single-user read-only mode.
why it is bringing the database into single user mode ?
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Nov 15, 2006
Hello,i am in great trouble. I want to revert back to original state ofdatabase before i performed restore database on my sql server 2KDatabase. Accidently i didn't take backup of my Database and i didrestore, so is there any way to get the original state back of myDatabase?Any suggestion will be highly appriciated.Regards,S. Domadia.
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May 7, 1999
Anybody figure a way around this:
In a development server you take a backup and you want to move the entire database to a production server. The production server does not contain the database, users, or logins in master.
When you restore the backup to production in 7.0, the users get moved to DBO because the logins do not exist and then you cannot delete them.
We are having to drop the users from the database on development, back up the database and restore it to production, then recreate the users on production.
This is bogus and did not happen in 6.5 because of the aliases.
Anybody come up with a better way?
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Jul 3, 2007
I am fairly new to VS 2005 and SQL Server CE. I have developed a Desktop Windows application using VB 2005 and the SQL Compact Edition Database. This application will sell to users via web download.
When they download a service patch, or updated version, I wish for them to retain the data in their present database. In other words, fill the new database with the old data. The new table structures will remain intact except for added columns at the end.
Question is how to save the old data and update the new database with it. Is there an easy way to do this, or do I need to write a module to save a database copy, and update the new database with content at install time?
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Apr 9, 2008
I have a problem when i restore my .DAT_BAK file. I am getting error like "The backup set holds a backup of a database other than existing database. Restore Database is terminating abnormally".
I tried by using
RESTORE DATABASE <DATABASENAME>
FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK'
WITH MOVE 'VZAI_DATA' TO D:PROGRAM FILES..MSSQLTEST.MDF',
MOVE 'VZAI_LOG' TO D:PROGRAM FILES..MSSQLTEST.LDF',
REPLACE
And also i tried like
RESTORE DATABASE <DATABASENAME>
FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK'
WITH REPLACE
When i use like this,
RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK'. I am able to get the output as LogicalName, PhysicalName, Type, FileGroupName, Size, etc.
Can i anyone please help me out?
Thanks in Advance,
Anand Rajagopal
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Jul 29, 2014
Sometime during the night last night some user account permissions were "lost". Am I right to think that restoring the master database would be the way to go? We have a 2 node 2012 cluster and I stop the cluster resource and start the db in single user mode from the active node. Somehow the sharepoint farm is still trying to connect so I can't get logged in single user. What method could I use to stop users from connecting when I don't have access to the sharepoint farm.
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Apr 26, 2007
i have a development database that has updates and changes to a production database. rather than go through individually and alter all relevant tables and stored procedures, id like to back up the database on the development side and restore it on the production side as the production database. is there a way to restore the database on the production server but preserve all the security settings (ie logins and such)? i noticed on our development server, that if i try to restore the database with my development database, it overwrites the users and/or if the user is the same on both, it removes the login name for that user.
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Aug 10, 2007
Hi,
I was wondering how I could restore a bkp file into a database with a different name. For example, I made a backup of T1.mdf and i want to restore t1.bkp to T2.mdf.
I am using VB.Net to do the backup and restore.
Is there any way of doing it?
Thanks!
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Aug 19, 2015
I have a client that has POS software called Restaurant Pro Express (RPE) from [URL] ...
Their old POS computer had a hardware failure, but I was able to attach the hard-drive to another computer and recover the data. RPE uses a MSSQL database system. However, my client doesn't seem to make backups very often
- the last one is dated January 5, 2015. I was able to copy the C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server folder over which contained the instance as well as all the data files - and has up-to-date information. The instance in the recovered Microsoft SQL Server folder was called MSSQL.1. I installed the RPE software on their new computer, and it too now has an instance called MSSQL10_50.PCAMERICA. The new computer is using MSSQL 2008 R2, while I believe the old computer would have been using MSSQL 2005.
I am no DBA expert, especially when it comes to MSSQL. Is is possible to 'restore' the database from the 'raw' .mdf and .ldf files of the old computer to the new computer / database instance? If so, how should I proceed?
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Jun 6, 2000
I had a major disk failure, and the only SQL Server files I was able to recover were master.dat, msdb.dat,msdblog.dat, two text files and two database devices. My question, is it possible in SQL 6.5 to restore a database from just the database device, and if so, how? Thank you.
MH
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Sep 11, 2002
Hi,
I need to restore a database to different server.
Orignal .mdf is 16 G, Now on the new serever I have 16 G adn 12 G of drive space available.
Is there a way i can split the data of 1 mdf over to 2 or 3 data files on the new server ?
Thanks in advance.
:confused:
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May 7, 2008
hi
how can restore database when user use this database.?
to posibility any error and how can solution
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Jul 23, 2005
I'm a newbie so please be gentle.In attempting to run a restore I get the following error message:"Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is inuse." However, it doesn't appear that there are any connections to thedatabase. At the suggestion of another thread, I ran sp_who2 and thereare no connections to the database in question. I've been running thesame restore for months and all has been well, until yesterday....I wrote an .asp page (below) to test connectivity to this database.The vb code ran successfully and soon thereafter, my nightly restorefailed. Task manager does no show that the asp page is active.Lastly, I did add a user ("jbtest") as well as change the option to useeither Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication inEnterprise Manager.Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.<%@ Language=VBScript %><%companyName = "agemni"Set cnn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")cnn.ConnectionString = "DRIVER=SQLServer;SERVER=SHEELA-NA-GIG;UID=jbtest;PWD=test1;APP=MicrosoftDevelopment Environment;WSID=SHEELA-NA-GIG;DATABASE=" & companyName &";Trusted_Connection=No"cnn.ConnectionTimeout = 300cnn.CommandTimeout = 300cnn.OpenSet RS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Preferences"RS.Open strSQL, cnnResponse.Write "connection established with the <b>" & RS("CompanyName") & "</b> database. They are a <b>" & RS("street") & "</b>customer. "RS.CloseSet RS = Nothing%>
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Jul 26, 2007
I have a backup of an SQL Server database named "UserData.bak" now i want Restore this backup to my SQL Server.pls tell me whole process.Can i also restore it to MS-Access, if possible pls do let me know. Thanks
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Jan 12, 2008
I want to add a new table to a database on a server. I assume the best way to do this is to backup db on sever, restore to local computer, add table, backup local, and restore to server. (If there is a better way, I am open).
I can backup the database on the server and get the backup to my local computer. However, when I use SQL Server Management Studio Express to restore the .bak file to my computer, I get the following error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express------------------------------
Restore failed for Server '\.pipe282F14E7-8852-4B sqlquery'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Restore+Server&LinkId=20476
------------------------------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: RESTORE cannot process database 'C:USERSDEBORAHDOCUMENTSMY WEB SITESMHRRCSK3BETA1APP_DATAMHRRCDB.MDF' because it is in use by this session. It is recommended that the master database be used when performing this operation. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&LinkId=20476
------------------------------BUTTONS:
OK------------------------------
So, I am not sure what to do next ... I have followed the links above to see there is no information. Any ideas? Thanks for helping this newbie.
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May 29, 2008
The data in one of the tables in my datables got deleted.
I want to restore my database to an earlier time, but don't know how.
I'm not sure if I have any backups, I wasn't making any myself.
All I have is the ldf file, but I don't know how to open it or what it contains.
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Jan 2, 2002
On a test server I had deleted the .MDF to testdb, before deleting the .mdf
I had backup the database inserted some records into a table and then backup
the transaction log.
I brought the server down and back up then did the following:
use master
go
BACKUP LOG test
TO TestRestore_Log2_Backup
WITH NO_TRUNCATE
GO
RESTORE DATABASE test
FROM Test_Backup
WITH NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG test
FROM TestRestore_Log1_Backup
WITH NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG test
FROM TestRestore_Log2_Backup
WITH NORECOVERY
I receive all kinds of errors like:
Primary file not available for database 'test'
( i'm sure that's because the .mdf is gone),One or more devices or files already exist use REPLACE, Which is fine but when I do I only get the full back and not the latest transaction log?
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Jan 10, 2002
I was restoring a database from a backup I had made about a month ago and it gave me an error. I don't remember what it said exactly, but I know that it had to do w/ restoring the transaction log. Now, I can't access the database at all. When I try to access it through enterprise manager, it says "An error occurred while trying to access the database information." If I try through Query Analyzer, it says that the database is in the middle of a restore. I checked the sysprocesses table and there is nothing running against this database.
Is there anyway to recover this database, or am I going to have to recreate it from scratch. Please tell me I can recover the database!!!!
Chris
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Apr 2, 2002
I have 2 servers SQl server 7 and 2000.
I got a backup file from the customer for one of the database. So I created a new database using similar script as below
create database TESTUP
ON
(NAME = TESTUPDATA,
FILENAME='C:PROGRAM FILESMSSQL7DATATESTUPDATA.dat',
SIZE=10GB)
LOG ON
(NAME = TESTUPLOG,
FILENAME='C:PROGRAM FILESMSSQL7DATATESTUPLOG.dat',
MAXSIZE=500MB)
GO
sp_addlogin TESTUP, TESTUP, TESTUP
GO
USE TESTUP
GO
sp_adduser TESTUP
GO
When I use enterprise manager to force restore that backup copy to this database I just created, even though I have setup maxsize for LOG as 500 MB it still gets all their logs 50 GB !!! I do not want their logs in the 1st place and then I tried to restrict them I could not do so.
So I restored it as it was urgent and then tried to shrink the datafiles for LOGS but they did not shrunk much.
Is their any way to avoid getting the transaction logs during the restore ???
In other words can just get the datafiles and not the transaction logs ?
Thnaks
Sonali
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Aug 16, 2001
I have a database that was not backed up and needs to be restored after an os crash. SQL was stopped gracefully and the server was rebooted, the os crashed and was reloaded, now sql is installed and I need to know if there is a way to restore the .mdf and .ldf files to the sql server.
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Jul 13, 2001
Hi,
I need to restore a database from backup which is stored in the shared folder in the network neighbourhood. SO I created a temp folder in my E drive and copied the file from that location to the temp folder and when I tried to restore it, I get the following message:
"the file F:mssqldataFindatafindb_pri.mdf" cannot be used by restore. consider using the with move option to identify a valid location for the file.
So I created the database in my e:mssqldata folder and tried to restore and I got this message:
"the backup set holds a backup of a databse other than the existing "findb" database.Backup or restore operation termination abnormally.
Any clue how to do the restore.
Thanks in advance,
John.
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Nov 7, 2000
Hi,
I am trying to copy database from one server to another with different name.
As soon as I click OK for database restore, CPU usage reaches to 100% and restore process doesn't do anything.
Is there any way around it? Or should I wait at least 15-20 minutes before I cancel restore operation.
Restore database size is around 4 GB. Server is running on service pack 2 and have almost 7 GB disk space free.
I reboot the server also thinking that it might help. It didn't.
Please help.
Please give me suggestion
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Sep 14, 2000
Hello
I did all the back up. Now i have problems to restore database.
How do i restore database into a different server?
Anyone can help me...
Thanks in advance
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Sep 14, 2000
Hello
I did all the back up. Now i have problems to restore database.
How do i restore database into a different server?
Anyone can help me...
Thanks in advance
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May 29, 2000
Hello!
After I restored database from last backup it made database
grey with (loading) status.
Please help me resolve the problem.
thank you.
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Jun 20, 2000
Hi
I have a quick question.
When I am restoring the database from one server involved in Merge replication as subscriber to the other server not involved in replication. Restore operation dropping the following tables:
MSmerge_contents
MSmerge_delete_conflicts
MSmerge_genhistory
MSmerge_replinfo
MSmerge_tombstone
sysmergearticles
sysmergepublications
sysmergeschemachange
sysmergesubscriptions
sysmergesubsetfilters
Why it is doing so?????
Did any one had this experience???
Thaks,
Mhuddin
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