Create Flat Files

  • Hi All,

    I am a junior DBA, and I have to perform the following:

    An application server is going to be installed in a new server, from which we have to create a new Database pointing to this application....this is ok....now, I have other Server now running with the database that was working with this application, now it is down. I don't want to delete this "old" database, I want to archive this, so in the future I can use it for get reports.....so, how can I move the data into some other Source (as a flat file) in order to keep it and use it for make reports.

    Please any suggestion???....How can I do it, any step by step doc, please?

    OS: Windows server 2003

    SQL Server : 2000

    Please I need help..any idea how can I perform this??? :crying:

    Thanks.

  • why not keep it as a database, change its name and make it read only as it will only be used for reporting. Move it to the new server using backup\restore or detach\attach

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  • Thank you, you are very kind in giving me some help....would you mind suggest me some docs in which I can follow step by step this job? I had a little experience doing this working with Oracle DB's and it was a disaster, I lost my CTL, and LOG files..I don't want this happend to me again.

    Thanks.

  • forget that silly overcomplicated RDBMS, Oracle, SQL server much easier.

    see this article:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314546

    also read up on sp_help_revlogin

    to set a database read only - alter database dbname set read_only

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  • Thanks a lot..

    I will start working on it now, and if something happend I will let you know.

    Thank you again.

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