Sunday, January 20, 2013

Create Database Snapshot

CREATE DATABASE statement can also be used to create database snapshots of existing databases.

Database snapshot is a read only static view of a SQL Server database.Snapshot is transitionally consist with the source database as of the snapshot creation. A database snapshot always resides on the same server instances as it source database. As the source database updates the snapshot is updated.
In database snapshot creation in CREATE DATABASE statement we have to add AS SNAPSHOT OF clause in CREATE DATABASE statement others  are same as general CREATE DATABASE statement.   ( CREATE DATABASE )

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