How to backup and restore from SQLEXPRESS

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Hi I used the code below to backup from SQLEXPRESS

C#

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLExpress;User                   Instance=true;Integrated Security=True;Initial Catalog=[myDb];AttachDBFilename='" + DbPath + "'");
SqlCommand com = new SqlCommand("BACKUP DATABASE [myDb] TO DISK = N'" + BackupPath + "'",con);
com.Connection.Open();
com.ExecuteNonQuery();
com.Connection.Close();

But I get this exception :
Database 'myDb' does not exist. Make sure that the name is entered correctly.
BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

And when I change sqlconnection to this:

C#

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLExpress;User Instance=true;Integrated Security=True;Initial Catalog=[myDb];AttachDBFilename='" + DbPath + "';database=myDb");

I get this exception :
Unable to open the physical file "C:\Users\MohammadHG\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication1\bin\Debug\Database\db.mdf". Operating system error 32: "32(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105)".
Cannot attach the file 'C:\Users\MohammadHG\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication1\bin\Debug\Database\db.mdf' as database 'myDb'.

I used to connect and execute SQLCommands allover my application without any problems, I just have problem with backup and restore.
please help me...

Posted 6-Oct-14 22:25pm

MohammadHG

Updated 6-Oct-14 22:48pm

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2014-10-06T23:00:00

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If you are trying to restore a database that does not exist then your connection string should not be connecting to it, try connecting to master instead.

C#

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLExpress;User Instance=true;Integrated Security=True;Initial Catalog=master");

Posted 6-Oct-14 23:00pm

Mehdi Gholam

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MohammadHG 7-Oct-14 5:12am

Hi Mehdi
Thanks for your answer.
First I want to create backup.
I used your sqlconnection and I get login failed exception:
Cannot open database "[master]" requested by the login. The login failed.

Mehdi Gholam 7-Oct-14 5:24am

Your user account must have permission to the database you want to connect to also (generally an admin does the db restore).

MohammadHG 7-Oct-14 5:34am

My user account is an administrator account. What is your suggestion?
In SQL Server I simple connect to my database and backup, restore it without any problems, but in SQLExpress I have this issue, how can I attach my db and backup, restore it as an administrator ?

Mehdi Gholam 7-Oct-14 5:40am

Your account must be admin on SQLExpress.

MohammadHG 7-Oct-14 6:09am

How can I check that?

Mehdi Gholam 7-Oct-14 6:29am

Read this : http://serverfault.com/questions/53645/don-t-have-permission-to-access-sql-server-express-2008