I am trying to copy a database from the server on my web host(crystaltech) to my new local install of MS SQL Server 2005 Enterprise (trial version).
I go to Tasks>Copy Database which opens the wizard. When I get to the select database screen I get this error:
Server user 'username' is not a valid user in database '123foo'
(123foo is the first database of all those on the server)
I need have it look only at my database which I have permissions for to copy it. How do I do this?
I tried copying the tables the other way(import data) but it dropped all my identities and primary keys which is a pain to recreate. Is there a way to copy tables from one server to another without losing primary keys and identity fields?
Thanks for any help!
I think you can use the import export option and specify them with primary keys and identities also other option is you can try scripting the tables and run the script in SSMS........
|||Thats is some sort of Bug in SSMS. You will have to assign a valid database owner top the database as the existing database owner is no server principal on your computer, this can be either based on the fact that you deleted the server principal or as the most common reason, you restored a database backup which is from another computer or a certain point in time where the current database owner did not exist on the computer. To fix that use sp_changedbowner (described int he BOL) to change the db_owner.
Jens K. Suessmeyer
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