How can I backup a remote SQL Server database to a local drive?

Question

I need to copy a database from a remote server to a local one. I tried to use SQL Server Management Studio, but it only backs up to a drive on the remote server.

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Answer 1

The AppHarbor gang has been struggling with this and has developed a temporary solution using SQL server management objects and SqlBulkCopy.

Check out their blog post about it, or go straight to the code.

They've only tested it with AppHarbor but it may be worth checking out.