Is possible to take only partial data backup from sql server 2008 r2

  • i'm working on windows application in c#,there is one requirement like i need to take database backup from one location & restore that to some other location database on specific condition like from date - to date.

    Is possible to take only partial data backup from sql server 2008 r2? otherwise please let know other way to do achieve same result?

    Note : partial data backup in the sense may be this weeks data i.e. 08/25/2014 to 08/30/2014 whatever data was updated in sql table excluding data before or after this date.

  • No, this is no any way to match your requirement.

  • You can't do this through the backup and restore process, no. You'd have to build some type of data migration. That's possible, just a lot of work.

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  • Back up and restore is for the entire database. It addresses not only the data changes but also includes table, index et al changes. The destination database will also be similar to the source database. If you interested only in the data changes, then as mentioned by Grant you would need an data migration method.

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