I have a sql server 2008 db, I want to restore its backup to a 2005 version. Is there any way for this work?
Note: I can’t make a script from my db and run it.
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I have a sql server 2008 db, I want to restore its backup to a 2005 version. Is there any way for this work?
Note: I can’t make a script from my db and run it.
Unfortunately, SQL Server has never supported this – and still doesn’t 🙁
There is no way you can create a backup in a newer version and restore it in a previous version – and this goes from SQL Server 4.2 all the way through 2008 R2.
All you can do is either create scripts and run them on the target server, or use tools like SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare to compare the two databases and update the target database from the source (basically, what these tools do is create and execute the necessary scripts in the background, so you won’t have to fiddle and create those scripts yourself)