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

I'm afraid its been that way since SQL 6.5 / 7. In general there is no downgrade path except the following: Script out the stucture and other objects as explain in another post here then create a new database on a instance with the lower build / version number (R2 is SQL 10.5, 2088 is 10.0) You can then use SSIS or once again get SSMS (Managemenet studio) to script insert statements for the data (you'll need to do in order of forign key dependancies and remember to SET INDENTITYINSERT [table] ON and then off again at the end of each table insert if you have an identity columns. You can use INSERT INTO 2008Inst.2008dbName.dbo.Table (col1, ...) SELECT (col1, ...) FROM 2008R2Inst.2008dbName.dbo.Table to get the actual data accross