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Asked: 2026-05-13T09:43:54+00:00

I wrote a Program that backup SQL Databases using SMO Library on .net ,

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I wrote a Program that backup SQL Databases using SMO Library on .net , and everything is just going smoothly, I just have one last point, I’m changing my way to save the .bak file on the hard disk, from DeviceType.File to DeviceType.Pipe, I have used pipes before, I just didn’t know how to implement it here .

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    I thought PIPE backup device was not available in SQL Server 2005 and above.

    From sys.backup_devices, pipe is obsolete.
    I could be wrong of course, and I’ve never used pipe backups (even back to my SQL Server 6.5 days)

    Edit, OK found it…

    1st entry here: Discontinued Database Engine Functionality in SQL Server 2005

    Discontinued feature = Named pipe backup devices

    With comment
    "For security reasons, SQL Server does not support backup to named pipes."

    So why is it still listed in the DeviceType enumeration?

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