How do I back up a database to a .bak file?

Question

I have a website I\'ve created in Visual Studio 2008 and I need to take it live. How can I backup the database file to a .bak so I can hand it over to the hosting company to pla

Answer 1

You don't need a backup to do so (I assume you are using the AttachDbFilename model that Visual Studio uses by default). Just send them the mdf and tell them to attach it to their SQL server instance.