sql server msde: Hi Everyone,

I've got Windows SharePoint Services installed and it uses a database called
STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615

I'm trying to back up this database from the QSQL command line tool.

However when I try to run the backup, I get the following error:

1> BACKUP DATABASE STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615 TO DISK
'D:\ShareBack\Backup.bak'
2> GO
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Server SVR-APPS-1\SHAREPOINT, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '-'.
1>

Thinking it might be an issue with the name I enclosed it in single quotes:

1> BACKUP DATABASE 'STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615' TO DISK
'D:\ShareBack\Backup.bak'
2> GO
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Server SVR-APPS-1\SHAREPOINT, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615'.
1>

Yet I still get the same error!

Then I tried to just use the database:

1> use STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615
2> go
Msg 911, Level 16, State 1, Server SVR-APPS-1\SHAREPOINT, Line 1
Could not locate entry in sysdatabases for database 'STS_svr'. No entry
found
with that name. Make sure that the name is entered correctly.
1>

Again I tried to using quotation marks, another error:

1> use 'STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615'
2> GO
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Server SVR-APPS-1\SHAREPOINT, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615'.
1> quit

If I do:
SELECT name
FROM master..sysdatabases
ORDER BY name

It lists:
master
model
msdb
STS_Config
STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615
tempdb

From this I can only assume MSDE doesn't support having '-' in a database
name??

Can someone suggest a way around this?

Thanks
Chris Moon

hi Chris,
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SQL Server (and MSDE) support this kind of identifier.. executing

SET NOCOUNT ON
SELECT @@VERSION
GO
CREATE DATABASE [STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615];
GO
USE [STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615];
GO
USE master ;
GO
DROP DATABASE [STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615];
reports

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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.2162 (Intel X86)
Sep 30 2005 19:59:14
Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation
Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)

The CREATE DATABASE process is allocating 0.75 MB on disk
'STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615'.
The CREATE DATABASE process is allocating 0.49 MB on disk
'STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615_log'.
Deleting database file 'C:\Programmi\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL$MSDE2K\Data\STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615_log.LDF'.
Deleting database file 'C:\Programmi\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL$MSDE2K\Data\STS_svr-apps-1_1414639615.mdf'.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/acdata/ac_8_con_03_6e9e.asp

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Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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Many thanks Andrea, it worked perfectly.

Thanks again.

Chris Moon

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