Guest David Parkes Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Hi everyone, We have a *.BAK file and inside it is some useful data. We do not know what program was used to produce this file all we know is it is a backup of an SQL database. Is there anyway we can extract the data which it contains without knowing the program used to create it?
Guest gerryR Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Query in general a .bak file is can just be renamed with the extension of the file that it came from. eg autocad .dwg creates backup files .bak. To use them you just rename .bak to .dwg. Should be the same for you although I'm not 100% sure. hth gr "David Parkes" <wibble@wobble.com> wrote in message news:eFmSe72zHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi everyone, > > We have a *.BAK file and inside it is some useful data. We do not know > what program was used to produce this file all we know is it is a backup > of an SQL database. Is there anyway we can extract the data which it > contains without knowing the program used to create it? >
Guest David Parkes Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Query Thanks for the insight. I wouldn't have thought that. "gerryR" <gerryrNO@SPAMgerryr.com> wrote in message news:ebivN%232zHHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > in general a .bak file is can just be renamed with the extension of the > file that it came from. > > eg autocad .dwg creates backup files .bak. To use them you just rename > .bak to .dwg. Should be the same for you although I'm not 100% sure. > > hth > gr > > > > "David Parkes" <wibble@wobble.com> wrote in message > news:eFmSe72zHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Hi everyone, >> >> We have a *.BAK file and inside it is some useful data. We do not know >> what program was used to produce this file all we know is it is a backup >> of an SQL database. Is there anyway we can extract the data which it >> contains without knowing the program used to create it? >> > >
Guest WorkingHard Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Query If it's an SQL server backup you can restore it to SQL Server. Renaming will not work. SQL Server allows you to read the content description from the bakup file as well. Renaming only works with file copies that just cot a ..BAK extention. Do not assume all bak files are just that. Cheers "David Parkes" <wibble@wobble.com> wrote in message news:eFmSe72zHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi everyone, > > We have a *.BAK file and inside it is some useful data. We do not know > what program was used to produce this file all we know is it is a backup > of an SQL database. Is there anyway we can extract the data which it > contains without knowing the program used to create it? >
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