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c#.netsql-server-2005.net-3.5smo
Martin
Martin

Reputation: 205

Restore database from .bak file with new name

I am sing C#, .NET 3.5, and SMO to create a copy of a database (our production database) to some other databases (our DEV and Test-database) in SQL Server 2005.

I have managed to create a backup from a database, an to restore it. this of course overwrites the existing one. I have used this CodeProject guide.

How do I restore a backup of a database into another database, with a different name on the same server?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 10176

Answers (2)

Marek Grzenkowicz
Marek Grzenkowicz

Reputation: 17353

In short:

  1. set the Restore.Database property to a new name,
  2. set the Restore.ReplaceDatabase property to true,
  3. specify new data and log files using the Restore.RelocateFiles property.

Upvotes: 5

soniya
soniya

Reputation: 91

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;

string backupFile="Backupfile";//.bak file

string dbName = "DBName";

string dbServerMachineName = "MachineName";

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server server = new Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server(dbServerMachineName);

Database database = new Database(server, dbName);

//If Need

database.Create();

database.Refresh();

//Restoring

Restore restore = new Restore();

restore.NoRecovery = false;

restore.Action = RestoreActionType.Database;

BackupDeviceItem bdi = default(BackupDeviceItem);

bdi = new BackupDeviceItem(backupFile, DeviceType.File);

restore.Devices.Add(bdi);

restore.Database = dbName;

restore.ReplaceDatabase = true;

restore.PercentCompleteNotification = 10;

restore.SqlRestore(server);

database.Refresh();

database.SetOnline();

server.Refresh();

Upvotes: 9

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