>I have built a database that I need to deploy on a test server. My SQL Server is 2014. The test servers is 2008. So, of course, I get this message:
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>"The database 'Something' cannot be opened because it is version 782. This server supports version 663 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported."
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>So, I went into my database and changed the compatibility level to 100. That did not help.
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>Any suggestion?
You only option will be to script the whole database. If you don't have lots of data in the tables, you can script with data.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
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