Can I restore a SQL Server 2005 backup on SQL Server 2008?

I'm setting up a dev.开发者_运维知识库 environment and my production environment has SQL Server 2005. I was wondering if I will be able to restore 2005 .bak files into the 2008 server. I just need the initial restore then I can script everything else.

Is it possible to restore a 2005 backup in 2008?

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Yes. MS-SQL is backward compatible. Just try.... :)

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Yes, but not the other way around.