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Should I backup the file first and then restore from device?<br />
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Or should I just restore direct from database?
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Should I backup the file first and then restore from device?

Or should I just restore direct from database?

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Just Restore Database with Different name and Source is DAtabase not Backup file<br />
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OR <br />
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Copy database option is also there.
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Just Restore Database with Different name and Source is DAtabase not Backup file

OR

Copy database option is also there.

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I have a database named CAPRegisters. &nbsp;I would like to create a copy of this database with all the structure and data and rename the new database as CAPRegisters2012.<br />
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How can I do this?
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I have a database named CAPRegisters.  I would like to create a copy of this database with all the structure and data and rename the new database as CAPRegisters2012.

How can I do this?

Copy database and rename in SQL 2008

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.