Using SMO to copy a database and data

Question

I am trying to make a copy of a database to a new database on the same server. The server is my local computer running SQL 2008 Express under Windows XP. Doing this should be q

Answer 1

Well, after contacting Microsft Support I got it working properly, but it is slow and more or less useless. Doing a backup and then a restore is much faster and I will be using it as long as the new copy should live on the same server as the original.

The working code is as follows:

ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection("rune\\sql2008");
Server server = new Server(conn);

Database newdb = new Database(server, "new database");
newdb.Create();

Transfer transfer = new Transfer(server.Databases["source database"]);
transfer.CopyAllObjects = true;
transfer.CopyAllUsers = true;
transfer.Options.WithDependencies = true;
transfer.DestinationDatabase = newdb.Name;
transfer.DestinationServer = server.Name;
transfer.DestinationLoginSecure = true;
transfer.CopySchema = true;
transfer.CopyData = true;
transfer.Options.ContinueScriptingOnError = true;
transfer.TransferData();

The trick was to set the DestinationDatabase property. This must be set even if the target is that same as the source. In addition I had to connect to the server as a named instance instead of using the other connection options.