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Asked: 2026-06-10T04:32:42+00:00

it is working…… declare @dbName varchar(50) set @dbName=’myDb’ BACKUP DATABASE @dbName TO DISK =

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it is working……

declare @dbName varchar(50)
set @dbName='myDb'
    BACKUP DATABASE @dbName TO DISK = 'c:\backup\myDb.bak'

But
Why is it not working? where as both are similar query.

 BACKUP DATABASE 'mydb' TO DISK = 'c:\backup\myDb.bak'
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  1. Editorial Team

    The documentation says:

    BACKUP DATABASE { database_name | @database_name_var } 
    TO <backup_device> [ ,...n ]

    So it takes a database name (f.e. mydb) or a variable (f.e. @dbname.) But not a string literal (f.e. 'mydb'.)

    Just omit the quotes to change the string literal to a database name:

    BACKUP DATABASE mydb TO DISK = 'c:\backup\myDb.bak'
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