>Larry:
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>I always use the backup to file option as part of my maintenance plan. In the morning, they move the entire server to tape.
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>When it comes time to restore, will it recreate all the database objects and move the data back too? Or do I need to script all the database objects first, then restore?
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>Thanx,
>Charlie

The dump file is your whole database (all objects, users, data, etc.) so you don't need anything else.

Scripts are good if you want to move databases between servers with different code pages. You can use the generated script to create the database on the other server and use an exported version (e.g. comma delimited text) to get the data.