Question : Restore SQL .DAT back-up

We have a SQL 2000 database that runs an hourly back-up which produces a .DAT file.  I would like to send this file to a vendor so that he can load it into his SQL database and see our data/tables.  How does he restore this this file to his database server?

Answer : Restore SQL .DAT back-up

IF it is truly just an SQL Backup file that happens to have a .dat extension, then all they have to do is a simple 'restore'.  This assumes they have sql server 2000 (or newer).