How to copy db to production server

I've developing a small asp.net app that is using SQL Server (developer
edition on my PC). I am ready to deploy my app on my web server/space (that
I am renting from a hosting company) for further testing before we go live.
I need to copy my database from my sql server instance to a sql server
instance at my host's facility. I am able to connect to that server via
enterprise manager. Is the Copy Database Wizard the way to go here, or
should export a script and then run that on the web sql server instance? I
do not have much data in my db, so I don't have to copy the data, but it
would be nice.
Thanks!epigram (nospam@.spammy.com) writes:
> I've developing a small asp.net app that is using SQL Server (developer
> edition on my PC). I am ready to deploy my app on my web server/space
> (that I am renting from a hosting company) for further testing before we
> go live. I need to copy my database from my sql server instance to a sql
> server instance at my host's facility. I am able to connect to that
> server via enterprise manager. Is the Copy Database Wizard the way to
> go here, or should export a script and then run that on the web sql
> server instance? I do not have much data in my db, so I don't have to
> copy the data, but it would be nice.
I would put all code under version control, and that includes any data
you may have tables that you pre-load. (Fixed lookup tables and such).
Then I would install the database on the production server from those
scripts.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
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> I've developing a small asp.net app that is using SQL Server (developer
> edition on my PC). I am ready to deploy my app on my web server/space
> (that I am renting from a hosting company) for further testing before we
> go live. I need to copy my database from my sql server instance to a sql
> server instance at my host's facility. I am able to connect to that
> server via enterprise manager. Is the Copy Database Wizard the way to go
> here, or should export a script and then run that on the web sql server
> instance? I do not have much data in my db, so I don't have to copy the
> data, but it would be nice.
> Thanks!
>