SQL Server 2000 Importing/Restoring a database file

by Ji » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 22:27:13

My SQL server registry was corrupt requiring a complete rebuilt of NT
4.0 & SQL server 2000. I just rebuilt the NT/SQL 2000 server from
scratch. There are no actual database files in the server. I need to
know how to import a database file into the server. I am not sure if
the proper procedure is importing or restoring. I created blank
database files and I have a copy that was backed up to CD. Now I have
to replace the blank databases with the backup file that was saved as filename.bak.

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1. Importing text files into SQL Server 2000 Database using DTS Import/Export Wizard

I'm having a problem with exporting data from text files(received
by e-mail) into SQL Server 2000 Database. These files
were created by dumping the data from SQL Server 7
tables. Each row of
these files has a fixed length and no special delimeters
between the fields - only spaces.The Wizard detected the import file as a
file with delimited fields(Screen "Select file format"). The next screen of
the Wizard detected the column
delimeter as "other", but I couldn't detect the character. As
soon as put in the delimeter field spaces, it gave me the wrong
number of colums in the result SQL Server Table( = junk).
If I defined the file as a file with fixed length, the next screen
of the Wizard I got the fields with
offset(they were not left justified). When I copied this file into
the database, I got the table with the wrong number of fields
and rong data in them.
Can anybody tell me, what is the problem and is it really
possible to import the data this way ?