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I have a 50GB SQL Server 2008R2 database backup.

I'd like to restore only the "tables" and not the filestream data (the blobs saved as filestream).

This is because I fon't have 100GB free (50 needed to copy the file on the server, 50 to restore the db).

Is there a switch for the restore command to avoid restoring filestream blobs?

DanBig
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user193655
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No, you cannot restore specific structures from a SQL Server backup; it's all or nothing. Your best bet is to try scripting out the data using a third party tool or using the generate scripts option SQL Server Management Studio.

Jason Cumberland
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