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How to determine SQL Server DB backup file size?
Here is the command I am using: sqlcmd -S.\JWSAPEX -U jwsapex -P jwsapex -Q"backup database JwsData%4 to disk = 'JwsData%4.bak'" sqlcmd -S.\JWSAPEX -U jwsapex -P jwsapex -Q"backup database JwsAudit%4 to disk = 'JwsAudit%4.bak'" sqlcmd -S.\JWSAPEX -U jwsapex -P jwsapex -Q"backup database...- sqlguy1
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- Forum: Microsoft SQL Server: Programming
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How to determine SQL Server DB backup file size?
Is there a way to know how much disk space a SQL Server 2008 database backup file (*.bak) should take up? I am running the backup database command via sqlcmd to backup a DB. However, it seems the *.bak file is getting very bloated. The backup gets run every day. Could the backup be appending the...- sqlguy1
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- Forum: Microsoft SQL Server: Programming
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SQL Server 2008 database size
Is there a way to know how much disk space a SQL Server 2008 database backup file (*.bak) should take up? I am running the backup database command via sqlcmd to backup a DB. However, it seems the *.bak file is getting very bloated. The backup gets run every day. Could the backup be appending... -
How to find the difference for a numeric field with 2 records?
Is there a way in SQL to find the difference for a numeric field between the current record and the previous record? For example, a table has a field called InvoiceNbr. The currect record has InvoiceNbr = 1500. The previous record has the same InvoiceNbr field = 1000 so the difference would be...
