Using SMO to copy a database and data

Question

I am trying to make a copy of a database to a new database on the same server. The server is my local computer running SQL 2008 Express under Windows XP. Doing this should be q

Answer 1

I had a go at getting this working and have come up with an answer that doesn't use the Transfer class. Here is the Method i used:

       public bool CreateScript(string oldDatabase, string newDatabase)
   {
       SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=" + newDatabase + ";User Id=sa;Password=sa;");
       try
       {
           Server sv = new Server();
           Database db = sv.Databases[oldDatabase];

           Database newDatbase = new Database(sv, newDatabase);
           newDatbase.Create(); 

           ScriptingOptions options = new ScriptingOptions();
           StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
           options.ScriptData = true;
           options.ScriptDrops = false;
           options.ScriptSchema = true;
           options.EnforceScriptingOptions = true;
           options.Indexes = true;
           options.IncludeHeaders = true;
           options.WithDependencies = true;

           TableCollection tables = db.Tables;

           conn.Open();
           foreach (Table mytable in tables)
           {
               foreach (string line in db.Tables[mytable.Name].EnumScript(options))
               {
                   sb.Append(line + "\r\n");
               }
           }
           string[] splitter = new string[] { "\r\nGO\r\n" };
           string[] commandTexts = sb.ToString().Split(splitter, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
           foreach (string command in commandTexts)
           {
               SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand(command, conn);
               comm.ExecuteNonQuery();
           }
           return true;
       }
       catch (Exception e)
       {
           System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("PROGRAM FAILED: " + e.Message);
           return false;
       }
       finally
       {
           conn.Close();
       }
   }