Re: How do i move an SQLDatabase to another location?
- From: "Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@lakesideos.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:55:51 -0400
Hello Bill.
From your reply, i thought you were trying to give me a hint as to where tolook to figure out what i want to do. I read some of the SQL Server
Management Studio Express documentation and it does not seem to contain info
about what i want to do.
I guess i should have been more specific in explaining what i ultimately
want to do.
I want to be able to take a finished project with an empty database to a
client location, install it and have it run using the database without
having connection string, security, SQL error message and program bombing
issues.
I figured this could be done inside the program by creating some kind of
dynamic connection string, but i just don't know where to look to find out
how to do it.
Do i need to bring SQL Server Express with me to the clients?
Do i need to know what the connection string will look like before i go
there?
How do i determine if i want to have a shared server-based database or do i
want to have one that installed independently on the client?
I don't even know what these terms mean. I just want to be able to take my
stuff somewhere and have it work without getting a bunch of error messages.
Thanks,
Tony
"William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Where you place your database (.mdf and .ldf) file(s) is up to you. If you
use the VS UI tools, there are a number of defaults that kick in and (as you
found) SQL Server uses it's own "favorite" place to keep databases--you
aren't given a choice to pick your own location. SQL Server Express Edition
adds even more options (and complexity) as it permits you to have a
user-instance of SQL server with its own (another) copy of the database.
Yes, you can choose to put your database in the project as well. As I
illustrate in the book, you can end up with 6 or more versions of the
database in minutes. While each of these database instances can be updated,
it might appear that they are not due to the
I'm of the opinion, that one needs to decide on a deployment strategy before
clicking through the defaults. You need to decide if you want to have a
shared server-based database, one that's installed independently on the
client or one that's associated with your project. How you manage these SQL
Server servers and instances and the databases you create is really up to
you. Do the VS IDE tools help? Yes, but not very much. SQL Server Management
Studio gives you a lot more options and (thus) control over what gets built
where and when.
hth
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"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@lakesideos.com> wrote in message
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Hello.
I realize my other post was a bit lengthy, so i'd like to repost this
question.
Developing VS2005, SP1, .NET 2.0, VB Windows form program on WIN XP Pro,
SP2. It has a Dataset with two tables using an SQL 9.0 Server Express.
After creating a new database from the VS server explorer, it seems that
the
new database always resides in \C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data.
When i create the datasource, it asks if i want to copy it to my project.
If i answer yes, i cannot update the database.
How do i move the database to another location?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks,
Tony
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