Showing Backup compression one record per Database

  • I have a query from msdb..backupset that displays Database Name and Compression Ratio, but it displays multiple records for every database/backup. I just want one record for latest backup of the database, as in:

    Database1 CompressionRation

    Database2 CompressionRation

    Database3 CompressionRation

    so on...

    If I specify Max(b.backup_finish_date) I have to group by Compression Ratio, that aggregates Compression Ratio number and is not what I want.

    SELECT

    b.database_name 'Database Name',

    CONVERT (NUMERIC (20,2), (CONVERT (FLOAT, b.backup_size) /

    CONVERT (FLOAT, b.compressed_backup_size))) 'Compression Ratio'

    FROM

    msdb.dbo.backupset b

    WHERE

    DATEDIFF (SECOND, b.backup_start_date, b.backup_finish_date) > 0

    AND b.backup_size > 0

    and b.type = 'd'

    ORDER BY

    b.database_name

  • BikeDude -

    I figure you have already figured this out and moved on but just in cae you didn't here is a query that works for me:

    SELECT

    b.database_name 'Database Name'

    ,b.backup_size

    ,b.compressed_backup_size

    ,CONVERT (NUMERIC (20,2), (CONVERT (FLOAT, b.backup_size) / CONVERT (FLOAT, b.compressed_backup_size))) 'Compression Ratio'

    ,b.backup_finish_date

    FROM

    msdb.dbo.backupset b

    WHERE

    DATEDIFF (SECOND, b.backup_start_date, b.backup_finish_date) > 0 AND

    b.backup_size > 0 AND b.type = 'd'

    ORDER BY

    b.database_name

    Let me know if this works ... thanks

    Mark Copley

    macopley@Hotmail.com

  • Sorry forgot to add the DISTINCT to the SQL

    SELECT DISTINCT

    b.database_name 'Database Name'

    ,b.backup_size

    ,b.compressed_backup_size

    ,CONVERT (NUMERIC (20,2), (CONVERT (FLOAT, b.backup_size) / CONVERT (FLOAT, b.compressed_backup_size))) 'Compression Ratio'

    ,b.backup_finish_date

    FROM

    msdb.dbo.backupset b

    WHERE

    DATEDIFF (SECOND, b.backup_start_date, b.backup_finish_date) > 0 AND

    b.backup_size > 0 AND b.type = 'd'

    ORDER BY

    b.database_name

  • SELECT

    [Database Name],

    [Compression Ratio]

    FROM (

    SELECT

    b.database_name 'Database Name',

    CONVERT (NUMERIC (20,2), (CONVERT (FLOAT, b.backup_size) /

    CONVERT (FLOAT, b.compressed_backup_size))) 'Compression Ratio',

    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY b.database_name ORDER BY backup_finish_date DESC) AS row_num

    FROM

    msdb.dbo.backupset b

    WHERE

    DATEDIFF (SECOND, b.backup_start_date, b.backup_finish_date) > 0

    AND b.backup_size > 0

    AND b.type = 'd'

    ) AS derived

    WHERE

    row_num = 1

    ORDER BY

    [Database Name]

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