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Restore database in SQL Server 2005 Express

Posted by scmay on July 18, 2007

One of the clients asked if our system would work fine in SQL Server 2005 Express, and I was assigned the task to find out the difference between SQL Server 2005 vs SQL Server 2005 Express

Excited, I installed SQL Server 2005 Express to see for myself (and since its free, why not?) I noticed I couldn’t reattach a database to it (as you can see from the screen shot) ss05express.jpg

I tried to restore the database using the wizard but encountered errors doing so backup-prob.jpg

The advice I got from the forum was to use command prompts WITH MOVE options. With the example given by Pinal Dave on Restore Database Backup Using SQL Script (T-SQL) , it worked like a charm.

2 Responses to “Restore database in SQL Server 2005 Express”

  1. Leon said

    This is the exact issue i am having doing pretty much the same thing!

    Thanks a lot for that :D

  2. Dharmveer yadav said

    how to restore data base in sql server express edition

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