• Don't append backups to one file. Backups should ideally each to their own file, preferably time-stamped (DatabaseName20121115211501.trn)

    To restore to a point in time, you need a full backup taken before that point and all log backups since then (not just one of them)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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