See if this script will help you. To get the most recent backup, the msdb database is utilized -
-- This works really well on the source
DECLARE @databaseName sysname
DECLARE @backupStartDate datetime
DECLARE @backup_set_id_start INT
DECLARE @backup_set_id_end INT
-- set database to be used
SET @databaseName = '<your_database_name_here>'
SELECT @backup_set_id_start = MAX(backup_set_id)
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset
WHERE database_name = @databaseName AND type = 'D'
SELECT @backup_set_id_end = MIN(backup_set_id)
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset
WHERE database_name = @databaseName AND type = 'D'
AND backup_set_id > @backup_set_id_start
IF @backup_set_id_end IS NULL SET @backup_set_id_end = 999999999
SELECT backup_set_id, 'RESTORE DATABASE ' + @databaseName + ' FROM DISK = '''
+ mf.physical_device_name + ''' WITH NORECOVERY'
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset b,
msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily mf
WHERE b.media_set_id = mf.media_set_id
AND b.database_name = @databaseName
AND b.backup_set_id = @backup_set_id_start
UNION
SELECT backup_set_id, 'RESTORE LOG ' + @databaseName + ' FROM DISK = '''
+ mf.physical_device_name + ''' WITH NORECOVERY'
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset b,
msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily mf
WHERE b.media_set_id = mf.media_set_id
AND b.database_name = @databaseName
AND b.backup_set_id >= @backup_set_id_start AND b.backup_set_id < @backup_set_id_end
AND b.type = 'L'
UNION
SELECT 999999999 AS backup_set_id, 'RESTORE DATABASE ' + @databaseName + ' WITH RECOVERY'
ORDER BY backup_set_id
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Thanks for the response and excuse my ignorance. I did run the script it did give me the most recent backup. The thing is that these backup files are coming from a vendor that will put in this location by one of the developers. The just want a job setup so they can easily run to overwrite the existing database from the previous backup file.