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Problems restoring local instance in SQL Server 2008 R2 Express

I have set up a local instance in SQL Server 2008 R2. I have a database (called GD_LOCAL_TC) that I need to restore so I can begin working in it (right now it's empty). When I right click on ...
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Restore SQL Server 2008 db without affecting users

When I restore a db in Sql Server 2008 R2 from data on another server, it makes a mess of the users. I have a Windows User and MsSql Login named Web_SqlA on both machines. Before the Restore, Web_SqlA ...
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Copy a database from Denali CPT3 to SQL 2008 R2

Ok, officially this one is messing with my head. I had the worst idea to try out the SQL server Denali CPT3 when it came out on our development environment. And it seemed ok so we used and gathered a ...
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Restoring a SQL database in a production environment as an update mechanism

I'm a sysadmin who has recently been landed with some SQL DBA responsibility. Not reluctantly I might add, this is a world I'm very much looking to get immersed in. I am curious about one of the ...
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Remote restore of DB in MSSQL 2008

I have a remote MSSQL server meant to centralize SQL for development projects. I hand out DB's and access to developers as they need it. I do not want to give them access to filesystem in any way ...
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How do I remove an old SQL Server 2008 Express Database Instance

I am trying to restore a database over the existing one. This worked fine in the past, until all of a sudden, it doesnt. I have clearly, in the past, attached the same database file under a different ...
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Reinstalled Windows on my development box, forgot to backup any of my work in progress databases in SQL Server Express 2008? Can i recover anything?

Reinstalled Windows on my development box, forgot to backup any of my work in progress databases in SQL Server Express 2008? Can i recover anything? I still have the files from the old install. Where ...
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SQL Backup - Restoring to different data / log files - Changing file structure…?

I'm trying to restore a BAK of a database we have, onto new, better hardware. Here is a screenshot of the UI in Management Studio http://twitpic.com/wmtr8/full The existing db has an mdf, and ndf ...