Simple script to backup SQL Server database

Updated on August 25, 2020     Kisan Patel

Here is the simple script to backup SQL Server database:

DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) -- database name 
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) -- path for backup files 
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) -- filename for backup 
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) -- used for file name

-- specify path
SET @path = 'E:\Backup\'

-- specify database name
SET @name = 'CCRI'

-- specify filename
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)

-- merge backup path
SET @fileName = @path + @name + '_' + @fileDate + '.BAK'

-- execute backup query
BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName