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h2sut
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 Posted - 2007-12-22 : 09:00:32
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| Say i had a system table in that table i had dbo.user then format (dd,mm,yyyy) after that i had dbo.user_backup_ 10_12_2007,dbo.user_backup_ 10_13_2007,dbo.user_backup_ 10_14_2007,dbo.user_backup_ 10_15_2007,dbo.user_backup_ 10_16_2007If i use the SQL command SELECT * FROM paychexdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE name like 'users_backup_%' AND xtype = 'U'AND name not in( SELECT Top 3 name FROM paychexdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE name like 'users_backup_%' AND xtype = 'U'ORDER BY Name DESC)results would be 10_12_2007,10_13_2007.So i want to put those results in a backup file and keep top 3 which is 10_14,10_15,10_16. I want to create a store procedure that i can execute and do that for all my tables. this stored proc (sp) should first backup the table if it doesn't exist and then delete all but the most recent 3 |
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SwePeso
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Posted - 2007-12-22 : 10:51:54
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Create Stored Procedure