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Backup Database With Date Timestap In Filename

01.29.2007

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        // SQL Server 2005

DECLARE @filename nvarchar(128)
SET @filename=N'C:\Backup\master' + '_' +convert(varchar(8), getdate(), 112) + '_' + replace(convert(varchar(8), getdate(), 108), ':', '') + '.bak'
BACKUP DATABASE [master] TO DISK = @filename WITH NOINIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'master backup', SKIP , STATS = 10, DESCRIPTION = N'master System Backup', NOFORMAT

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