What is in My Database Backup File
The Microsoft SQL Server team has made it easy for you to retrieve the information in a backup file by using a couple of commands. Read on to learn more!
2019-09-03
Database backup
Display the number of days since last Database backup.
A simple T-SQL script to display the number of days since the last database backup.
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