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I need to restore a database to about 2 weeks back, I have nightly backups of the database. However I'm trying to avoid losing the data between now and 2 weeks ago.

If I restore the database to 2 weeks ago, will I lose all the data between then and today?

Is there a proper way to do this, or can I just use task>restore and pick my timeline?

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    If you restore a database to a backup made 2 weeks ago, of course you lose all the data since then. If you don't want to lose it why are you restoring? Commented Mar 9, 2022 at 21:16
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    Restore is an all-or-nothing thing (excluding tables split across file groups, that's a special case), so if you have no point in time where all data was present, you can't simply restore and be done with it. Restore the DB to a separate, new database, then write queries (or use any other mechanism for data transfer, like the Import/Export Data Wizard) to transfer data from old to new or the other way around. Note that you'll also have to deal with any inconsistent or duplicated data as a result from merging (which is why restore on its own could not possibly do this). Commented Mar 9, 2022 at 21:19
  • If you restore a database to as it was 2 weeks ago then of course you'll lose the most recent 2 weeks' data - that data didn't exist two weeks ago - if it was still there then the restore would have failed, wouldn't it. Commented Mar 9, 2022 at 21:23

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You can restore the backup to a different database, and then merge the newer data into the restored database.

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