I did ask and I now know my mistake. I was trying to restore from the SS2000 backup file (thinking it was the SS7 file).:blush: No harm done...

I realized I posted it in the wrong forum so I changed it. Thanks for the reply.

I don't know what happened, why nothing would work for me (with the...

OSQL -i "E:\Backup\Migrat_Scripts\Build_Script.sql" -S SERVERNAME -d DATABASENAME -U USERNAME -P PASSWORD -o "c:\TestOutput.txt"

This worked great except when I run it using the Build_Script.sql, the TestOutput.txt displays 1> >2 etc and...

Sorry, that script isn't correct - here is the correct script:

rem d:\mssql7\Binn\isql -U sa -P password -S DBTest -n -w 260

<e:\Backup\Migrat_Scripts\Build_Script.sql &gte:\Backup\Migrat_Scripts\Created_Script.sql

I guess it would be...