backing up database in visual studio c#

Question

I am developing a windows application using c# and inbuilt SQL Server on Visual Studio 2010.

I am trying to create a click event to backup database to a specified location, but when I am running it, it is showing me error that database with this name doesn't exist.

the code I am using is

 SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("BACKUP DATABASE GRTU_LIBRARY_MANAGEMENT TO  DISK = N'D:\temp\foo' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10", connect);
 cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

It is showing error "Database 'GRTU_LIBRARY_MANAGEMENT' does not exist. Make sure that the name is entered correctly. BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally."

I am using the same database in the whole application but here it is showing this error. I am using the inbuilt SQL server in Visual Studio 2010

Please help

Answer 1

Seems like you missed the keyword DATABASE . Add DATABASE after BACKUP and check

SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("BACKUP DATABASE GRTU_LIBRARY_MANAGEMENT TO  DISK = N'D:\temp\foo' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10", connect);

Answer 2

Sounds to me like it's looking at the wrong server. Perhaps you could swap in "SELECT @@SERVERNAME" for the backup statement and look at the results, just to verify it's running against the server you expect.

Answer 3

It cannot find the file you are backup to. please change the text of 'D:\\temp\\foo' to 'D:\\Temp\\foo\\Test.bak'. Please remember that the directory D:\\Temp\\foo must exist. The whole text looks like this: (change the 'Test' to your own database name) SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(@"BACKUP DATABASE Test TO DISK = N'D:\\Temp\\foo\\Test.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10", connect);