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Shivan86
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Posted - 2013-03-28 : 05:50:49
I have working stored procs for backup and restore of DB. i have a question.If i copy these stored procs in respective database folders, how do i execute restore DB? Whats the best practise for keeping stored proc for restore and backup of DB.

I am using SQL 2005 express edition.

thanks.

visakh16
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Posted - 2013-03-28 : 05:57:22
you dont need to copy stored proc files to any folder. once you create proc it will reside within database. then everytime you need to execute it just call the stored procedure as

EXEC procedurename parameter1=value1,parameter2=value2,...

depending on number of parameters it require

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Shivan86
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Posted - 2013-03-28 : 06:06:02
Thanks for the reply!
got it but lets say i have one DB by the name 'production'. If i am running a stored procedure from production to restore the same database will it work ?
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visakh16
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Posted - 2013-03-28 : 06:24:13
nope..you've to run procedure from master.

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jackv
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Posted - 2013-03-31 : 02:57:22
or any other database , except the one the one you're trying to restore

Jack Vamvas
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