How to backup Sql Database Programmatically in C#

Question

I want to write a code to backup my Sql Server 2008 Database using C# in .Net 4 FrameWork. Can anyone help in this.

Answer 1

You can use the following queries to Backup and Restore, you must change the path for your backup

Database name=[data]

Backup:

BACKUP DATABASE [data] TO  DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\data.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'data-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10
GO

Restore:

RESTORE DATABASE [data] FROM  DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\data.bak' WITH  FILE = 1,  NOUNLOAD,  REPLACE,  STATS = 10
GO