Backup All databases using T-SQL
In this article, I will share a nice handy script I found while trying to find a solution to the problem of working on different machines accross the day.
Most of my source codes are synchronized to Azure DevOps or One Drive (more personal work), however, I had no clean solution to backup all my databases in one go.
In the past, I developed an SSIS Package to achieve this, however, I had to install SSIS in evey laptop/desktop I used, which was a bit heavy.
Here is a clean T-SQL code that you can run any time which will take a backup of all databases (excluding master, tempdb…etc.)
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 database backup directory SET @path = 'C:\Backup\' -- specify filename format SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112) DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR READ_ONLY FOR SELECT name FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb') -- exclude these databases OPEN db_cursor FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SET @fileName = @path + @name + '_' + @fileDate + '.BAK' BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name END CLOSE db_cursor DEALLOCATE db_cursor