Create SQL JOB to backup database and schedule it
This script create Job and backup the database.This job backup the database.This job is scheduled for particular time.
2011-01-06 (first published: 2010-12-23)
2,115 reads
Backup and restore
T-Log Backup/Restore with Date & Time
Simple script formatting the date and naming a backup file path for a t-log and restoring those logs.
2010-12-29 (first published: 2010-12-15)
1,518 reads
2011-01-03 (first published: 2010-12-15)
3,004 reads
Setting SQL Server Default Locations
How to set the default locations for backups, data files, and log files in SQL Server.
2010-11-11
8,632 reads
2010-10-08
2,786 reads
Statistical Sampling for Verifying Database Backups
A DBA's huge workload can start to threaten best practices for data backup and recovery, but ingenuity, and an eye for a good tactic, can usually find a way. For Tom, the revelation about a solution came from eating crabs. Statistical sampling can be brought to bear to minimize the risk of failure of an emergency database restore.
2010-06-01
2,557 reads
2010-05-18
2,797 reads
Backup SQL Server to Amazon S3 with CloudBerry Backup
In this sponsored article from Cloudberry, learn how you can backup your SQL Server data to the Amazon EC3 cloud.
2010-05-13
2,318 reads
2010-04-30
3,455 reads
2010-03-18
3,267 reads
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Using CHOOSE()
We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.
CREATE TABLE Status
(
StatusID INT,
StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
StatusID,
StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned? See possible answers