Converting an SQL Server database to an SQL Server Compact database. And back...

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Published on 2009-12-04T08:46:44Z Indexed on 2010/05/01 19:07 UTC
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Simple problem. I have an SQL Server database (MyData.mdf) and I want to convert it to a Compact database. (MyData.sdf) Just can't find the proper tool which can do this for me.

And I would also be able to convert the compact database back to a regular SQL Server database...

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