Re: On demand backups

From: Tom Moreau (tom_at_dont.spam.me.cips.ca)
Date: 08/13/03 

Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:38:56 -0400

An app with the sa password is like a 3-yr old with a .357 magnum. Your accounting app should not have sysadmin rights. You can grant BACKUP DATABASE to any login and that's all you would need for that. 

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Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com/sql
"_M_" <here@gone.com> wrote in message news:#KbMuEcYDHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Have a client that needs to do an "on demand" back up of a database.  How
can this be done ???
The database in question is used by the accounting department and the
application uses the SA login to access the database.
Any insight would be greatful.
TIA

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