March 14, 2006 at 12:37 pm
I restored a complete backup with STANDBY. I attempted to restore the differential and it failed without showing an error. Do you have to use the NORECOVERY option after the full restore? I assumed that I could use the STANDBY option in the same manner so that my users could still access the database.
Jess
March 15, 2006 at 7:24 am
From BOL:
SQL Server requires that the WITH NORECOVERY option be used on all but the final RESTORE statement when restoring a database backup and multiple transaction logs, or when multiple RESTORE statements are needed (for example, a full database backup followed by a differential database backup).
To the best of my knowledge, STANDBY is used only with restoring log files.
MG
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March 15, 2006 at 8:30 am
Standby puts the database into READ-ONLY. Once in Standby mode you can only restore log files.
-SQLBill
March 15, 2006 at 8:33 am
The reason the Differential Restore did not work with the Full Restore in STANDBY mode was because I had spaces in the USE file path. I moved the USE file and have tested it with the Northwind database with success.
Thanks! Jess
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