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And two more:<br />
3. Purchase a license for the SQL Developer Edition<br />
4. Download and install the Enterprise Trial Edition.
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And two more:
3. Purchase a license for the SQL Developer Edition
4. Download and install the Enterprise Trial Edition.

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The best way is to use Enterprise Trial edition as suggested by acperkins as there is no need for you to pay anything. Once you get the required data, you can use your original edition again.
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The best way is to use Enterprise Trial edition as suggested by acperkins as there is no need for you to pay anything. Once you get the required data, you can use your original edition again.

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I need to restore a database BAK to SQL Server 2008 Standard. &nbsp;One object in the BAK file has compression and will not restore in this version of SQL Server, only the enterprise version. &nbsp;So I need the capability of viewing the file and selecting what tables in the database I want to use or I need a way to restore the database without the compressed objects.
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I need to restore a database BAK to SQL Server 2008 Standard.  One object in the BAK file has compression and will not restore in this version of SQL Server, only the enterprise version.  So I need the capability of viewing the file and selecting what tables in the database I want to use or I need a way to restore the database without the compressed objects.

Restore or open SQL Server 2008 BAK file.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.