looking for script to backup Transaction log and delete any thing older than 24 hours

looking for script to backup Transaction log and delete any thing older than
24 hours

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"Omran Abdurrahman" <omranab@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ux9eBD9%23GHA.2408@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> looking for script to backup Transaction log and delete any thing older
> than 24 hours
>
>

Omran,
If you are using SQL 2005, look at the new XP_Delete_File stored
procedure. Otherwise, Tracy is on the right track. You can store your
backups in a table and run cmd queries with xp_cmdshell to delete files
older than your threshold. This does not need to be a persisted table.
You can also use the dir command to populate a temp table, and delete
based off that.

Delete bak files over 46 hours old
Declare @deletedate nvarchar(255). @Path nvarchar(200)
set @Path =  '\\fileserver\db_bac
kup'
set @deletedate = cast(dateadd(hh,-46,getdate()) as varchar(255))
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_delete_file  0,@Path,N'bak',@dele
tedate

Personally I would disregard the comments from Arnie Rowland. It is too
bad he does not offer constructive comments.

Terry

Tracy McKibben  wrote:
> Omran Abdurrahman wrote: 
>
> Start here:
> http://realsqlguy.com/serendipity/a...-Send-In-Backup!.html
>
>
>
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com