My In-Laws run a Fire Safety company that stores data from tests (e.g. Fire Extinguisher Checks, Elevator Reviews, Suppression Systems, etc.) on a database using Microsoft SQL Server 2005. To make a long story short, it sounds like - for reasons beyond
my understanding - they will no longer have access to the database as of June 1st, 2014...I believe they decided to stop doing business with the company that runs the database, but I really don't know. Regardless, I'm assuming all of the data will be
dumped once their deadline has come and gone.
I have worked with a MySQL database in the past and have done a small amount of back-end web development with server calls, but I have never worked with the Microsoft SQL Server. I'm frankly at a loss for where to start! I was hoping for something as simple to navigate as phpmyadmin, but I should have known better. I have gotten as far as opening the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and have located the database in the "Object Explorer" under "(LOCAL)\OSS > Databases", but I have no idea what to do from there.
My 2 main goals are to:
(1) Export all of the tables and their data from this database
(2) Import all of the tables and their data into another database that I have control of...
Any help with where to start or simply how to accomplish this task would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you!