Backup and Restore from comman line

How can I backup a database from command line and restore it from command li
ne? Can I restore database from command line over a database which is blank?You can use the osql utility to run T-SQL Queries from the command line, and
you can use the BACKUP and RESTORE T-SQL commands to backup and restore
databases.
For example:
osql -E -Q"BACKUP DATABASE Northwind TO FILE = 'Northwind.bak'"
will backup the Northwind database to the default backup directory.
See for more details Books Online.
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
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> How can I backup a database from command line and restore it from command
line? Can I restore database from command line over a database which is
blank?|||Hi ,
Yes, You can do both Backup and Restore using command line utilities OSQL or
ISQL.
c:\> OSQL -Uuser -Ppassword -S servername (Enter)
Now it will go to a SQL prompt:-
1> backup database dbname to disk='c:\backupdbname.bak' with init
2>go
The above commands will backup the database
1>restore database dbname from disk='c:\backup\dbname.bak'
2>go
The above command will restore
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
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> How can I backup a database from command line and restore it from command
line? Can I restore database from command line over a database which is
blank?