restore SQL 2008 DB R2 to SQL2008 (no r2)

Question

on my developper pc is installed SQL 2008 R2
on the internal server is installed SQL 2008 R2 (some applications are hosted here)
on the external 3.rd party hosti

Answer 1

There is no simple property that you can switch to be able to restore to older versions. You might try this, in Management Studio:

• Select your source Database
• Select Tasks>Generate Scripts.
• Select 'Script entire database and all database objects', press 'Next'
• Select 'Save to File' and click on the 'Advanced' button
• Select 'Script for Server Version' and select the version you want: 2000/2005/2008
• Select 'Type of data to Script' and select Schema/Data/both
• Click 'OK',Next and do it!
• Copy the resulting file to the target machine.
• Log onto your SQL Management Studio and open the copied .sql file...

It's likely to work if you have a small database. For a larger one you will run into limitations.