Have a copy of a database

Hi
Is any way of making a copy of a database (copying the MDF and LDF files)
without detaching the database?
Thanks
YuelinYes. Use the BACKUP DATABASE command. This will after you have performed RES
TORE achieve the same
effect as copying the physical files.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"Yuelin Liang" <yuelinliang@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Is any way of making a copy of a database (copying the MDF and LDF files)
without detaching the
> database?
> Thanks
> Yuelin
>|||You may use DTS to transfer data across. from em, right click the database,
import or export.
my 2c
Yifei
"Yuelin Liang" <yuelinliang@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Is any way of making a copy of a database (copying the MDF and LDF files)
> without detaching the database?
> Thanks
> Yuelin
>