Copying entire databases to remote server w/o Enterprise Manager

Is there any possible way to copy an entire MSDE database from my local system to a remote server using a program like 'osql'?

Or, is there any other GUI available for MSDE?

Thanks in advance.

GrierSure. There are a few ways. A couple that come to mind are to use the sp_detach_db system stored procedure in osql, copy the database files to the server, and use sp_attach_db to reattach them. Another is to run dtsrun.exe to run a DTS package that copies it over. You could also write ADO.NET code to do it, but it would be a lot of work to get all the objects copied.

There are several tools you can use to administer MSDE:

ASP.NET Enterprise Manager, an open source SQL Server and MSDE management tool.

ASP.NET WebMatrix (which includes a database management tool) from this web site (click on the Web Matrix tab at the top of this page).

Microsoft's Web Data Administrator is a free web-based MSDE management program written using C# and ASP.NET, and includes source code.

You can also access MSDE using Access. I'm not sure if this will do what you want, though.

Any of these work for you?
Don