Question

Hi I have done this before but cannot find out how i did it. I have a website that has a sql server 2008 db which needs to be put on a sql server 2005. i remember scripting it down to recreated it in 2005 i thought i did it through the ‘generate script’ wizard but this didnt script down the data, just the tables and stored procedures. what would be the best way of doing this?

Answer 1

you are actually doing it right, you just have to select the proper options.

• Right click on DB.
• Select Tasks
• Select Generate Scripts
• Choose your objects
• Under scripting options, click on Advanced

Under Script for Server Version, choose SQL Server 2005

Under Types of data to script, choose Schema and Data