Backing up SQL Server express db that runs in user instance?

Hi,
I want to do a backup of my database that runs in User Instance. The
problem is that due to connection pooling the file is constantly locked
so I can't copy the file or perform a backup in Management Studio.
Does anyone have any tips on how to do it?
I assume I'm not the only one that has these problems.
Thanks in advance
/MatsHow about just executing the TSQL BACKUP DATABASE command?
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"Mats Lycken" <MatsL@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I want to do a backup of my database that runs in User Instance. The probl
em is that due to
> connection pooling the file is constantly locked so I can't copy the file
or perform a backup in
> Management Studio.
> Does anyone have any tips on how to do it?
> I assume I'm not the only one that has these problems.
> Thanks in advance
> /Mats|||Tibor Karaszi wrote:
> How about just executing the TSQL BACKUP DATABASE command?
>
Thanks for the reply.
I'm still not getting it to work tho, actually I'm not sure how to
select the database to do the backup on.
My database instance is a .mdf file which I want to do a backup of.
How do I write the backup statement to perform the backup?
I've tried this in sqlcmd.
1> BACKUP DATABASE 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SlottsCMS\App_Data\C
MSDB.MDF' TO
DISK = 'C:\backup.dat'
2> GO
But it complains about the reference to the database.
How do I tell it that I want to do a backup of that file?|||Mats Lycken wrote:
> Tibor Karaszi wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
> I'm still not getting it to work tho, actually I'm not sure how to
> select the database to do the backup on.
> My database instance is a .mdf file which I want to do a backup of.
> How do I write the backup statement to perform the backup?
> I've tried this in sqlcmd.
> 1> BACKUP DATABASE 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SlottsCMS\App_Data\C
MSDB.MDF' TO
> DISK = 'C:\backup.dat'
> 2> GO
> But it complains about the reference to the database.
> How do I tell it that I want to do a backup of that file?
The correct syntax is
BACKUP DATABASE CMSDB TO DISK = 'C:\backup.dat'
(Assuming your database is named CMSDB)
You can look up the BACKUP DATABASE syntax in Books On Line. Here you
can also find all the various options you can use.
Regards
STeen|||Use instances are special. You can get the name of the pipe from the parent
instance and then use
that name to connect from your app where you want to execute the backup comm
and. This is explained
in
sqlexpuserinst.asp" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/expre...expuserinst.asp
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Mats Lycken" <MatsL@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Tibor Karaszi wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
> I'm still not getting it to work tho, actually I'm not sure how to select
the database to do the
> backup on.
> My database instance is a .mdf file which I want to do a backup of.
> How do I write the backup statement to perform the backup?
> I've tried this in sqlcmd.
> 1> BACKUP DATABASE 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SlottsCMS\App_Data\C
MSDB.MDF' TO DI
SK = 'C:\backup.dat'
> 2> GO
> But it complains about the reference to the database.
> How do I tell it that I want to do a backup of that file?|||The database name is not a string. Try doing a "select name from
sys.databases" in sseutil to see what the database name is. Chances are the
backup command would be:
1> BACKUP DATABASE & #91;C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SlottsCMS\App_Dat
a\CMSDB.MDF] TO
DISK = 'C:\backup.dat'
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"Mats Lycken" <MatsL@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Tibor Karaszi wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
> I'm still not getting it to work tho, actually I'm not sure how to select
> the database to do the backup on.
> My database instance is a .mdf file which I want to do a backup of.
> How do I write the backup statement to perform the backup?
> I've tried this in sqlcmd.
> 1> BACKUP DATABASE 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SlottsCMS\App_Data\C
MSDB.MDF' TO
> DISK = 'C:\backup.dat'
> 2> GO
> But it complains about the reference to the database.
> How do I tell it that I want to do a backup of that file?sql