SQL - How to backup a database and export as a MDF file with MS SQL 2008 R2

Question

I have created a database \"test\" with some tables in MS SQL Server 2008 R2 (i.e. MS SQL Server Management Studio).

Now, I need to export this database as a MDF file.

Answer 1

If what you want is a replica of your SQLEXPRESS/MDF local file- on a remote server (SQL Server 2005)

You can right click in the "Server Explorer" on your db.mdf file and press "Publish to provider..."

You can choose a variety of compatibilities with SQL Server 2005, 2008, etc.

The output is a .sql query file ..

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