Question

Hi I’m migrating a few databases from sql 2000 to sql 2008.

while running upgrade advisor I got a message that says that there are objects with the Dump/Load sintax. that is not on use anymore.

So I found the following text in a proc

Dump DataBase @name to @path With Init

Further investigating I discovered that this was a backup and that the sintax is similar.

My doubt is: Can this be replaced to:

Backup DataBase @NomeBanco to @nomeBkp With Init

is a to disk required? (can this Dump be used to backup to tape when used without the to disk?)

Is there any difference between the two statements?

Whats the main difference between this commands.

Thanks
Gabriel

Answer 1

Yes, MSDN BOL says compatible for SQL Server 2005 (DUMP and be used instead of BACKUP)

BACKUP supports the following keywords
to provide backward compatibility with
earlier versions of SQL Server:

• The RESTART option is accepted for compatibility but has no effect in SQL
  Server 2005.
• To maintain backward compatibility, you can use the DUMP keyword instead
  the BACKUP keyword in your BACKUP
  statements. In addition, you can use
  the TRANSACTION keyword instead of the
  LOG keyword. The SQL Server Database
  Engine interprets DUMP DATABASE or
  DUMP TRANSACTION the same as BACKUP
  DATABASE or BACKUP LOG, respectively.

So my conclusion would be it’s valid for SQL Server 2008 given BACKUP stays the same as SQL Server 2005, except support for DUMP is removed