Maybe i am just overthinking this. I just prefer to restore db's the old-fashion way, using the restore function, imagine that? I am just seeing lots of hints that you can use SSIS to do it and not have to bother the fine folks who host your site. I just have always avoided DTS like the plague. One bak file, one restore, just too simple.

I own an MSDN subscription and it just doesn't make sense to downgrade to the express version to attempt this. I ran thru a test of the import/export in my sql studio management studio and saw no evidence of a full restore, only a Select All for tables.. which surely ain't enough.

I have never truly understand why we cannot restore a db if we have ownership rights to it. That one eludes me logically.