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Chapter 8: Database Backup and Restore with SQL Backup Pro
/* Find date of final INSERT from previous statement
This is to help us with the RESTORE process
USE DatabaseForSQLBackups
GO
SELECT TOP(1) MessageData,MessageDate
FROM dbo.MessageTable1
WHERE MessageData LIKE 'MessageTable1%'
ORDER BY MessageDate DESC
-- Output: 2011-12-06 10:41:36.540
*/
INSERT INTO dbo.MessageTable2
VALUES ( 'MessageTable2, the true answer is 42!', GETDATE() )
GO 42
-- final insert time: 2011-12-06 10:42:45.897
--Disaster strikes!
DROP TABLE dbo.MessageTable2
GO
Listing 8-16: Disaster strikes MessageTable2.
In this simple example, we have the luxury of knowing exactly when each event occurred.
However, imagine this is a busy production database, and we only find out about the
accidental table loss many hours later. Listing 8-17 simulates one of our regular, scheduled
log backups, which runs after the data loss has occurred.
USE [master]
GO
EXECUTE master..sqlbackup '-SQL "BACKUP LOG [DatabaseForSQLBackups]
TO DISK = ''C:\SQLBackups\Chapter8\DatabaseForSQLBackups_Log_3.sqb''
WITH DISKRETRYINTERVAL = 30, DISKRETRYCOUNT = 10,
COMPRESSION = 1, THREADCOUNT = 2"'
Listing 8-17: A post-disaster log backup.
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