Question

I was working on a project where i made a database on sql server 2008 using visual studio 2010 and i took backup of that databse by right clicking on it in sever explorer and selecting “Publish to Provider” that creates a .sql file in my computer that i taken. Previously i formatted my pc and sql server databases are lost, so now i want to use that .sql file to recreate the database with all data, but i don’t know how it can be possible.

Something i tried but it created all tables in master database but i want the database of the name i.e. stored in .sql file or specified by me.

Please help.

Answer 1

First Create a Database using this,

Create Database YOURDBNAME

Here, YOURDBNAME = DataBase Name

Then, Open your .sql file write this in First line of the .sql page,

Use YOURDBNAME

Now press F5, all the tables and data will be created and inserted.