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melson@gmail.com

2005-12-28, 3:23 am

Does anyone know if there is a way to run a command at the DOS prompt
to make a complete flat file (.bak) backup of a database? I know you
can do this using the enterprise manager by right clicking on the
db..., but I am curious to find out if I can add a command into my
batch scripts as part of my code migration procedures?

Thanks!

-Mike

Ray Mond

2005-12-28, 3:23 am

You could use osql e.g.

osql -Q "BACKUP DATABASE pubs TO DISK = 'e:\backups\pubs.bak'" -E

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Ray Mond


melson@gmail.com

2005-12-28, 3:23 am

Yes, Ray, Perfecto!! That's what I was looking for. Thanks for the
help...

Happy Holidays!!

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