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pkuchaliya
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Posted - 2008-09-19 : 08:25:40
BACKUP DATABASE pk_data
TO DISK = 'd:\database_backup\pk_data.bak' WITH

COMPRESSION = 3
, MAILTO = 'pkuchaliya@gmail.com'


i have give this command to backup the database but it generate the error :-
'COMPRESSION' is not a recognized BACKUP option.


as study online i found the syntax for backup

BACKUP DATABASE { database_name }
< file_or_filegroup > [ ,...n ]
TO { DISK } = { 'physical_backup_device_name' | '<AUTO>' } [ ,...n ]
[ WITH
[ [ , ] { CHECKSUM | NO_CHECKSUM } ]
[ [ , ] COMPRESSION = { 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 } ]
[ [ , ] { CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR | STOP_ON_ERROR } ]
[ [ , ] COPY_ONLY ]
[ [ , ] COPYTO = { 'target_folder_name' } [,...n] ]
[ [ , ] DESCRIPTION = { 'text' } ]
[ [ , ] DIFFERENTIAL ]
[ [ , ] ERASEFILES | ERASEFILES_ATSTART = { 'days' | 'hours'h } ]
[ [ , ] FILEOPTIONS = { 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 } ]
[ [ , ] INIT ]
[ [ , ] KEYSIZE = { 128 | 256 } ]
[ [ , ] LOGTO = { 'target_folder_name' | 'file_name' } ]
[ [ , ] MAILTO = { 'recipients' } ]
[ [ , ] MAILTO_ONERROR = { 'recipients' } ]
[ [ , ] MAXDATABLOCK = { 65536 | 131072 | ... | 4194304 ]
[ [ , ] MAXTRANSFERSIZE = { 65536 | 131072 | ... | 1048576 ]
[ [ , ] MIRRORFILE = { 'physical_backup_device_name' } ] [ ,...n ]
[ [ , ] NAME = { backup_set_name } ]
[ [ , ] NOCOMPRESSWRITE | NOWRITE ]
[ [ , ] PASSWORD = { password } ]
[ [ , ] THREADPRIORITY = { 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 } ]
[ [ , ] THREADS = { 2...32 } ]
[ [ , ] VERIFY ]
]

pankaj

sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-09-19 : 08:29:25
That is feature supported in SQL 2008.You must be in SQL 2005.Am i correct?
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