SQL-Server: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing

Question

I am trying to restore a SQL Server backup file for my database, but it is throwing an error as follow:

The backup set holds a backup of a database ot

Answer 1

I was trying to restore a production database to a staging database on the same server.

The only thing that worked in my case was restore to a new blank database. This worked great, did not try to overwrite production files (which it would if you just restore production backup file to existing staging database). Then delete old database and rename - the files will keep the new temp name but in my case that is fine.

(Or otherwise delete the staging database first and then you can restore to new database with same name as staging database)