Vimal Lohani (9/1/2014)
But what if you have only backup file. even you can't read it on lower version through labels or headeronly.
Download SQL Evaluation edition of the version of the DB or higher. Install it somewhere (VMs are great for this), restore the database, script, export and then recreate on the lower version
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability