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How take backup of MS SQL Database?

How to create a customised Table in MS SQL

To create a customized table in MS SQL Server, follow these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your SQL Server instance.

  2. Right-click on the database in which you want to create the table and select "New Query" from the context menu.

  3. In the new query window, type the following syntax to create a table:


CREATE TABLE table_name
(
   column1 data_type constraints,
   column2 data_type constraints,
   ...
   columnN data_type constraints
);
  1. Replace table_name with the name of the table you want to create.

  2. Define the columns you want to include in the table, along with their data types and any constraints. For example, you might define a column with the INT data type and a NOT NULL constraint like this:


CREATE TABLE Customers
(
   CustomerID INT NOT NULL,
   FirstName VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
   LastName VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
   Email VARCHAR(100) UNIQUE,
   Phone VARCHAR(20),
   Address VARCHAR(200),
   City VARCHAR(50),
   State VARCHAR(50),
   Zip VARCHAR(10)
);

In this example, the Customers table includes columns for CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, Address, City, State, and Zip.

  1. Execute the query by clicking on the "Execute" button in the toolbar or by pressing F5.

  2. Your new table should now be created in the database. You can verify this by expanding the Tables folder in the Object Explorer and looking for your table.

Note that you may need to adjust the data types and constraints you use based on your specific needs and the data you plan to store in the table.

 

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How take backup of MS SQL Database?

To take a backup of a Microsoft SQL Server database, follow these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your SQL Server instance.

  2. In the Object Explorer pane, right-click on the database you want to backup and select "Tasks" > "Back Up..." from the context menu.

  3. In the "Back Up Database" window, select the database you want to backup from the "Database" dropdown list.

  4. Choose the backup type you want to perform from the "Backup type" dropdown list. There are three types of backups: "Full," "Differential," and "Transaction Log." A full backup contains all the data in the database, a differential backup contains only the changes since the last full backup, and a transaction log backup contains all the changes made to the database since the last transaction log backup.

  5. Specify the backup destination by selecting the "Disk" option and providing a file path and name for the backup file.

  6. Optionally, you can configure additional backup options such as compression, encryption, and backup expiration.

  7. Click "OK" to start the backup process.

Once the backup process is complete, you will have a backup file that you can use to restore the database if needed. It's important to regularly perform backups to ensure that you have a recent copy of your data in case of data loss or other issues.

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