Proper SQL Backup Procedure
Mar 18, 1999Greets!
I have been told that simply stopping the SQL server service and backing up the data directory is all I have to do to do a backup of my data. Is this accurate?
Thanks,
Jimmy Ipock
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MS SQL 2000 Database Backup - Proper Way To Do It
Dec 3, 2007Dear all
I am pretty new to the database administration and was wondering if i could get some advice here so i have a head start.
Unfortunalety i have came to the conclusion the hard way that the SQL Agent on Ms SQL 2000 doesnt work properly when it comes to database backups. I discovered that the backups it creates and it claims that are performed succesfully do not work.
So i was wondering what would be the proper way to go in creating a backup of a highly critical database. The database is in MS SQL 2000. I am not required to have the application roll over to the backed up data in case the main one crashes. But it is absolutely necessary to be able to restore the databse to a most recent working copy. So i guess performing a backup once a day would do. Loosing data from a day would not be such a big deal since i have other ways of restoring that days data, as long as i have the full database up to the previous day.
I was looking at database mirroring but that is not available with sql 2000.
Also i though of as a possibility to run a replication on the SQL 2000 database and replicate to SQL 2005 database which aparently has got the SQL agent working properly.And then run the agent on the SQL 2005 database which would backup the copy daily?
Any advice is apreciate and if there are any white papers or books i could look at that would be great.
Cheers
SQL Server 2000 - Proper Backup Procedures
Jul 24, 2006Hi everyone I am fairly new to SQL server and need some help with creating backups. I am a little confused whether to append or overwrite my backup data when saving full, differential and transaction log backups to disk. Below is my current backup schedule.
1) A full backup every night at 2:00a.m. that overwrites my existing backup. Should this be an appended backup? Wouldn't my file keep growing? How do I manage the backup file size?
2) Differential backups every two hours that is set to append. How do I stop this file from growing? Should I be controlling the size of my backups through the backup set expiry option?
How do I incorporate transaction logs into my backup schedule and manage the size of the log? Should the log backups also be appended or overwriten?
I appreciate everyones help in advance.
Proper Way To Backup And Restore Broker-Enabled Database
Aug 29, 2007For developers, we often have a need to backup a production database and restore it on local or integration machines. This production database is enabled for service broker and operates at a relatively high traffic level. When the database is backed up, the size is nearly 12GB; when SET NEW_BROKER is subsequently executed on the restored database, the size goes down to about 800MB. It appears that most of this is residing in the xmit queue. So, my question is: how best to backup a production database with queues activated, etc. without ending up with a 12GB backup?
Thanks.
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Jan 29, 2007Hello all - I have a SQL Server 2000 database setup using the Full Recovery Model. Each night, we backup the entire database, and as such would like to truncate the log at this time as well.
Is the best way to do this to also backup the Transaction Log, and then perform a DBCC SHRINKFILE command? It just seems like there should be an easier way...?
Thanks!
Proper Use Of IF Statement In Stored Procedure?
Dec 12, 2005I'm trying to handle a stored procedure parameter. What needs to happen is that a particular statement shouldn't be executed if the parameter is empty. However, when I try it I get the following error:Cannot use empty object or column names. Use a single space if necessary.So, what's the correct way of doing the following?IF @filename <> ""BEGIN UPDATE Experimental_Images SET contentType = @contentType, filename = @filename WHERE (id = @iconNo)END
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Apr 27, 2005Rather than the real code, here's a sample we came up with.
Here's the C# Code:
public class sptest : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label1;
private DataSet dtsData;
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Put user code to initialize the page here
string strSP = "sp_testOutput";
SqlParameter[] Params = new SqlParameter[2];
Params[0] = new SqlParameter("@Input", "Pudding");
Params[1] = new SqlParameter("@Error_Text", "");
Params[1].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
try
{
this.dtsData = SqlHelper.ExecuteDataset(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SIM_DSN"], CommandType.StoredProcedure, strSP, Params);
Label1.Text = Params[0].Value.ToString() + "--Returned Val is" + Params[1].Value.ToString();
}
//catch (System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException ex)
catch (Exception ex)
{
Label1.Text = ex.ToString();
}
}
Here is the stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE [user1122500].[sp_testOutput](@Input nvarchar(76),@Error_Text nvarchar(10) OUTPUT)AS
SET @Error_Text = 'Test'GO
When I run this, it prints up the input variable, but not the output variable.
SQL And Proper Concatenation Within VB
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declare @l_orderid int
set @l_orderid = 18
declare @l_SIGShort varchar(20)
set @l_SIGShort = '~KOP~'
-- KOP Orders
print patindex ( '%~KOP~%', @l_SIGShort)
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Alternatively if I remove the beta and then install the proper version, will all the old db created under the beta still be recognised ?
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Gerry
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Code:
SELECT A.RIN
FROM apcType T
INNER JOIN apcAttribute a on A.T = T.RIN
WHERE T.Name like '%Sales'
The results of the first query are used in the following query where it is bolded and marked with and <<<<========
Code:
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M.Serial, M.Name, M.Acres, M.District,
V.YearBuilt, V.Code, V.Size,
(SELECT SUM(V1.Acres)
FROM TRValue V1
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[Movies]
MovieID
MovieName
MovieRelease
[code]....
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Convert To Proper Date
Apr 16, 2007I read some questions where questioners ask "Sometimes client gives data where dates are expressed as float or integer values.
How do I find maximum date?".
Ex
March 02, 2006 can be expressed as
02032006.0
020306
2032006
20306
020306.0000
2032006
Assuming the values are expressed in dmy format
The possible way is convert that value into proper date so that all types of date related calculations can be done
Create function proper_date (@date_val varchar(25))
returns datetime
as
Begin
Select @date_val=
case when @date_val like '%.0%' then substring(@date_val,1,charindex('.',@date_val)-1)
else @date_val
end
return
cast(
case
when @date_val like '%[a-zA-Z-/]%' then case when ISDATE(@date_val)=1 then @date_val else NULL end
when len(@date_val)=8 then right(@date_val,4)+'-'+substring(@date_val,3,2)+'-'+left(@date_val,2)
when len(@date_val)=7 then right(@date_val,4)+'-'+substring(@date_val,2,2)+'-0'+left(@date_val,1)
when len(@date_val)=6 then
case when right(@date_val,2)<50 then '20'
else '19'
end
+right(@date_val,2)+'-'+substring(@date_val,3,2)+'-'+left(@date_val,2)
when len(@date_val)=5 then
case when right(@date_val,2)<50 then '20'
else '19'
end
+right(@date_val,2)+'-'+substring(@date_val,2,2)+'-0'+left(@date_val,1)
else
case when ISDATE(@date_val)=1 then @date_val else NULL end
end
as datetime
)
End
This function will convert them into proper date
select
dbo.proper_date('02032006.0') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('020306.000') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('02032006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('020306') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('20306') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('020306') as proper_date
Apart from converting integer or float values to date, it will also convert date strings to date
Select
dbo.proper_date('March 2, 2006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('2 Mar, 2006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('2006 Mar 2') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('2-Mar-2006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('3/02/2006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('02-03-2006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('2006/03/02') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('March 2006') as proper_date,
dbo.proper_date('2 Mar 2006') as proper_date
Madhivanan
Failing to plan is Planning to fail
Proper Way To Return SCOPE_IDENTITY From SP
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RETURN SCOPE_IDENTITY()
or
SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()
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- Jason
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CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Cards]
(
[CardId] [int] NOT NULL,
[Card] [xml] NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_dbo_Cards_CardId] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
([CardId] ASC)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
[code]...
Looking at the execution plan, the query uses the Primary XML Index even if I add any of the secondary xml indexes. My question is why does not the optimizer use the Property 2ndary index instead of the Primary XML Index? Microsoft recommends that creating a Property index for Value() method of the xml datatype would work to provide a performance benefit. What would be another alternative to make the query run faster?
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PS: Below are the error messages I am getting:
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Proper Use Of Event Notifications
Apr 19, 2006Hi.
I'm developing an app that uses Service Broker queues to allow a customer to create "events" that fire using a timer or a query notification. When these events fire, a message is sent to a Service Broker queue for processing. Because there is much managed code involved in processing these messages, I decided to use the External Activator application and an Event Notification to process these messages. My question is "what is the difference between using the External Activator application to launch another application (which simply RECEIVEs a message from the target queue and processes it) and creating a windows service that simply monitors the target queue (with a WAITFOR = -1 clause) and processes it?"
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Getting Date Into Proper Format
May 22, 2007Hi,
I have a .csv file that lists date like this: "20070522", no hyphens or spaces. In the file connection manager I have the column defined as string. The database column is a datetime.
When I attempt to load the file to the table, I get this error:
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Declare cursor Cursor For
Select jt.BadgeNumber, tj.Name, jt.Phone, zt.status
From employees jt
join employeestatus zt
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[code]....
Database Backup Procedure
May 2, 2007--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hi
i found the procedure to take database backup as
CREATE Procedure Backup_Database
(
@dbName varchar(100),
@Path varchar(200) = '' OUTPUT
)
As
Begin
Declare @Now varchar(100)
if Isnull(@dbName,'') = ''
Begin
RaisError('No Database Name specified while running the procedure',16,1)
return
End
if isnull(@path,'') = ''
Begin
RaisError('No file Name specified while running the procedure',16,1)
return
End
-- Make the filename
SELECT @Now = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), GETDATE(), 120), '-', ''), ' ', ''), ':', '')
Select @path = @Path + '' + @dbName + '_' + @Now + '.Bak'
-- Take the backup of the database at the specified folder
Backup Database @dbName
To Disk = @Path
With Init
if @@Error <> 0
Begin
RaisError('Error Occurred while taking the Backup, Please check Error Log for Details',16,1)
return
End
Print 'Backup Taken Successfully at ' + @path
-- RETURN @path
End
GO
and iam executing procs as follows
exec Backup_Database 'Malathi','C:/New Folder (2)'
above executaion gives error as follows
Cannot open backup device 'C:New Folder (2)Malathi_20070502170331.Bak'. Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
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Is there anyway to do this? My Select and Results are below...
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Sep 28, 2004Hi,
I'm working in vb.net and want to use a stored procedure to insert all employees from one db into my db. I can insert one by one, but I would like to get them all in without looping.
How would I do this? I've tried bulk insert, but I keep getting syntax errors; I've read the books online, but don't quite understand what they mean. I don't want to use DTS, should I?
Here is what I'm doing so far:
CREATE Procedure Insert_From_Personnel
@emp_num char(10),
@Frst_Name char(10),
@Last_Name char(10),
@DivisionID char (4)
as
INSERT into individual (IndividualID,FirstName,LastName,DivisionID)
VALUES (@emp_num,@Frst_Name,@Last_Name,@DivisionID)
GO
Thanks for any help,
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I have created a Web service and I want to call a single method from it to extract data. For this reason I use the SSIS "Web Service Task" . The problem is that the xml output file from the web service task does not look in the proper way. When I invoke my web service method in the browser the result looks like the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <ArrayOfBooking xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
- <Booking>
<BookingDate>2007-04-12T15:19:01.6736072+03:00</BookingDate>
<FlightDate>2007-04-12T15:19:01.6736072+03:00</FlightDate>
</Booking>
- <Booking>
<BookingDate>2007-04-12T15:19:01.6736072+03:00</BookingDate>
<FlightDate>2007-04-12T15:19:01.6736072+03:00</FlightDate>
</Booking>
</ArrayOfBooking>
but when I use the web service task , the xml file produced, looks like the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<ArrayOfBooking xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >
<Booking>
<BookingDate xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">2007-04-12T16:14:33.9210023+03:00</BookingDate>
<FlightDate xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">2007-04-12T16:14:33.9210023+03:00</FlightDate>
</Booking>
<Booking>
<BookingDate xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">2007-04-12T16:14:33.9210023+03:00</BookingDate>
<FlightDate xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">2007-04-12T16:14:33.9210023+03:00</FlightDate>
</Booking>
</ArrayOfBooking>
My problem is that I cannot create a xsd schema for the xml file output from the "web service task", and because of this I cannot insert the data in the xml file into the Database, because the xsd schema is reqired by the XML Source which I use in my DataFlow task for inserting the data.
Do you have any ideas how to solve this strange problem?
Regards,
pc
Backup/Restore Stored Procedure
Oct 5, 2006
Hi there
I just want to create Stored Procedure which will do following thing
i) Create a text file, which will have a Schema Script(including all the constraint & others, for a database(by passing Parameter)
ii) the same file must also have, all the data from the selected database tables,in again plain text format (could be CSV, or Tab SV, etc...)
I mean to say, the file should be act as the full backup of database, in plain text.
The same need to be done in the reverse order,this SP will do following things
i)Open the file created by first SP, create new database, with same name as backup in SP one
ii) create the tables, by reading the Schema script.
iii) Insert all the data in corrsponding tables.
For EX:
--creating backup
sp_CreateDatbaseBackup('DatabaseName')
--Restoring
sp_RestoreDatabaseBackup('FileName')
I know abou the Backup & restore in SQL Server 2005, but they gives me backup as .bkp file which is not editable. I too cant use the SSIS(just only SPs)
I want an editable full Backup and Restore.
Please help me in creating these SPs or any other idea, solution ?
OR
any other FREE third party tool which will make the Full database backup & restore in one go & in plain text file.
Regards,
Thanks.
Gurpreet S. Gill
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Oct 25, 2000If I have a stored proc which has 2 input variables and for example
the 2nd one is null or not provided what is the best way to turn this null
into a wildcard. If the second one is an int and not provided should I
but a checknull statement in the proc and convert this to a wildcard %. I believe if I do I need to change the where clause "where field1 = @var "
to where field1 like @var". Any input appreciated