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Time: 22:15 - Oct 06, 2006     Asked by: theDude      Status: Answered      Points: 100   

How do I restore a database on sql server through the command prompt?

I need to restore a backup on an ms sql server 2000 (msde version). But it's on a remote server, and I don't have access via enterprise manager, only through remote desktop connection.
So I've uploaded the backup of the database, but I can't figure out how to restore the database through the command prompt.
Can anybody help me?

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Well, I figured out how to do it:

The command prompt is run like this:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\OSQL.EXE" -E

Then write these lines to restore the database:
restore database mydbname from DISK = 'C:\xxx\xxx\xxx' with move 'database_Data' to 'C:\Database\xxx\database_Data.mdf', move 'database_Log' to 'C:\Database\xxx\database_Log.LDF'
go

It was the "WITH MOVE" that gave me problems. If you're restoring on another machine that doesn't have the exact same directory structure, then you need to add that.

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theDude

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Oct 10, 2006

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11:18

 

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