How to import a prebuilt database into sambapos

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I think you’ve renamed it backup to a sdf or for a reason it tries to open SambaPOS4.sdf.

Rename or Delete this file. Restart SambaPOS. Configure it to run with SQL Server and restore your backup. As that sample backup is an SQL Server backup you need to install SQL Server.

SambaPOS Database Configuration

In this tutorial I want give some details about database configuration. tl;dr; See Step By Step SQL Server Express Setup document for multi user configuration. Introduction SambaPOS can work in three database modes. Demo mode, single user mode and multi user mode. Demo Mode You don’t need to install a database software just to evaluate SambaPOS. SambaPOS can work with a TXT file to let you understand basic SambaPOS functions. Some features might not work properly in demo mode so if you want…