stored procedure for restore .bak file

[NarendraSinghJTV]

hi all i have a .bak file created with a stored procedure which takes backup of a database. Now i want to restore that .bak file to the database can anybody help me with a stored procedure. This .bak file is created with the help of backup database databasename to disk = "destination path" with thanks for ur replies in advance

Regards Narendra Singh (Jindal Tech Ventures)

[Vimalsoft Pty Ltd]

i have this

set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go

-- Restore a backed up database
-- Given: the filename and path where the backedup database file is located and the name of the database to restore it as
-- The entry will be restored and a row placed into oDirect.dbo.tbl_dbref - which keeps track of the databases
-- The users for the database must also be restored!
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_RestoreDatabase]

@dbname char(32), 				-- the database name to restore as
@filename char(64), @path char(256)		-- the location of the backuped up database file	(on the SQL Server)

AS

set nocount on

declare @sql nvarchar(3000)

execute('sp_ClearDatabaseConnections ' + @dbname)

-- Restore the database
select @sql = ' RESTORE DATABASE ' + ltrim(rtrim( @dbname )) + ' FROM DISK = ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@path)) + ltrim(rtrim( @filename )) + ''' '
select @sql = ltrim(rtrim(@sql)) + ' WITH '
select @sql = ltrim(rtrim(@sql)) + ' MOVE ''' + 'TNGoedit_Data' + ''' TO ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@path)) + ltrim(rtrim( @dbname )) + '.mdf' + ''' , ' -- logical file name to physical name
select @sql = ltrim(rtrim(@sql)) + ' MOVE ''' + 'TNGoedit_Log' + ''' TO ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@path)) + ltrim(rtrim( @dbname )) + '_log.ldf' + ''' ' -- logical file name to physical name
select @sql = ltrim(rtrim(@sql)) + ' ,REPLACE,RECOVERY;'
--select @sql = ltrim(rtrim(@sql)) + ' MOVE ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@dbname)) + '_Data' + ''' TO ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@path)) + ltrim(rtrim( @dbname )) + '.mdf' + ''' , ' -- logical file name to physical name
--select @sql = ltrim(rtrim(@sql)) + ' MOVE ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@dbname)) + '_Log' + ''' TO ''' + ltrim(rtrim(@path)) + ltrim(rtrim( @dbname )) + '_log.ldf' + ''' ' -- logical file name to physical name
print @sql
execute ( @sql )

-- Was the command successful or was there a problem
if ( (select @@Error) = 0 ) begin
-- Put an entry into oDirect.dbo.tbl_dbRef
-- execute ( 'sp_DataSet_Save ''' + @xml + ''' ' )

-- TODO: restore the users

select 'Restore Successful' [Result]
end
else begin
select 'Restore Unsuccessful' [Result]
end

You can Simply change it to BAK file

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