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- January-19-2018
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How to take database backup with sql script
DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) -- database name
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) -- path for backup files
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) -- filename for backup
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) -- used for file name
-- specify database backup directory
SET @path = 'C:\BackupDBs\'
-- specify filename format
SELECT @fileDate = FORMAT (GETDATE(),'MM_dd_yyyy_hh_mm')
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR READ_ONLY FOR
SELECT name
FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE name like '%2018_01%'
-- include WHERE name like '%IEDBV3%'
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @fileName = @path + @name + '_' + @fileDate + '.BAK'
BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
