Can we restore backup from SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition?

Question

I need to restore backup taken from SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition. Is it possible ?

Answer 1

You can only restore backups to servers running the same or higher version. Normally you can restore backups on SQL Express that were made on servers running other editons (Standard, Enterprise, ...) as long as the database size is not greater than the max size supported by SQL Server Express (10GB on latest versions).

In your case, the backup was made on a server running SQL Server 2008 R2 (version 10.50 ) and you are trying to restore it to a server running SQL Server 2008 (version 10.00 ).

Answer 2

在SQL Server 2005及更高版本中，如果数据库中存在这些功能，则某些仅限Enterprise Edition的功能会使数据库仅限Enterprise Edition（即，无法在Standard Edition或较低版本的SQL Server系统上还原）。