DATABASE DUMP

  • What is a database dump? is it a database backup? or is it make a BCP of all database tables to txt files with the data inside?

  • A database FULL backup. In my last project all DBA's used to call a backup as dump. (may be because they are both sql and oracle dba's). It's just the different terminology used by some people.

    SQL DBA.

  • Backups used to be called dumps in SQL Server. As mentioned above, it's a backup.

  • Ok, thank you.

  • Mainly dump is used for SYBASE where as backup is used for SQL.

    dump database [dbname] to 'compress::/<pathname>.bak' ==> for sybase

    backup database [dbname]

    to disk = 'd:\tempdbackup\dbname.bak'

    HTH,

    \\K

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    HTH !
    Kin
    MCTS : 2005, 2008
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  • SYBASE is a company

    SQL is a language

  • glen_self (6/16/2010)


    SYBASE is a company

    SQL is a language

    Thanks for pointing out ! I should have been more clear !

    what I meant by sybase is SYBASE ASE 12.5.4 or 15.0.3

    and SQL is SQL server 2005/2008

    HTH

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    HTH !
    Kin
    MCTS : 2005, 2008
    Active SQL Server Community Contributor 🙂

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