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All Database Backup – SQL Express

Posted: December 30, 2013 by Virendra Yaduvanshi in Database Administrator
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A user who is using SQL Server express edition, came to me and ask how to take All Database Backup at a time. Here is a simple script to take all database backup at a specified location.

DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) — database name
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) ––– path for backup files
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) –– filename for backup
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) –– used for file name
SET @path = ‘D:\DBBACKUP\’
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases WHERE name NOT IN (‘master’,‘model’,‘msdb’,‘tempdb’)

OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @fileName = @path + @name + ‘_’ + @fileDate + ‘.BAK’
BACKUP DATABASE @name  TO DISK = @fileName
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor