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script to make a SQL server database backup

Hi all.

I want to share this scritp.

Whit this one you can make a SQL Job and scheduler it to execute the backup on a specific date and time.

I wish It help us.

Best regards.

Saul.


USE [YourDataBase]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE procedure [dbo].[SP_CrearBackupsDiario]
--This script create a backup of every database.
--This script use a cursor that go one by one making the backup.
--Saul Hernandez.
AS
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
SET @path = 'c:\backups\' 
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR 
SELECT name
FROM MASTER.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb') 
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
GO

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