Restore database from .bak file with new name

Question

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?

Answer 1

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();

Answer 2

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.

For a detailed explanation, read the Restoring a Database to a New Location section of the Getting Started with SMO in SQL 2005 - Restores article.