From: Andrew Moore
Date: May 24 2011 6:55pm
Subject: Re: Renaming a database?
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Could you try restoring the other db with another name and changing the
connection string in the app?
On 24 May 2011 16:20, "Jerry Schwartz" <jerry@stripped> wrote:
> It looks like there=92s no way to rename a database. Is that true?
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> I have two reasons for wanting to do this:
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> - I want to get a current version of a database out of the way so that I
can load in an older version, without having to pay the penalty of reloadin=
g
the current version.
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> - I think I have a database that isn=92t being used (don=92t ask), and I =
want
to hide it to see if anything blows up.
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> Suggestions?
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> Regards,
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> Jerry Schwartz
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