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Asked: 2026-06-08T07:23:24+00:00

I have some stuff in my remote SQL Server 2008 DB. I want to

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I have some stuff in my remote SQL Server 2008 DB. I want to put it inside my SDF database (the WebMatrix one). But I can’t just copy the rows from Navicat (while viewing table for SQL Server 08) into the SDF database because some rows don’t let you manually insert stuff.

So I need a way to “Migrate” from Windows SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server CE (.sdf).

I think I have the right tools to accomplish this, but would appreciate it if someone can point me in the right direction.

I have:

  1. Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate RC
  2. Web Matrix
  3. Navicat Premium
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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, after hours of searching, I’ve managed to solve this issue.

    How to Migrate/Downsize a SQL Server database to SQL Server Compact 4.0 (and 3.5) has an extremely straightforward approach to doing this.

    Like myself, you may need to download the following tools (and place them in the same directory as your CMD.exe file:

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