Backup an SQL 2014 database

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I want to create a backup in an SQL Server 2014 database, I have 2 questions, I want to know which is the best and easy method (SMO or other) and want to know how the database after backup to exist but with no data so I can reenter data, I want to backup every six months because of volume of data, database contains only characters and dates no Special data (blob fields), I want to do it from VB Net 2015.

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seen code but undecided waht merhod to use

Posted 14-Jul-17 6:31am

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Updated 14-Jul-17 8:01am

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RickZeeland · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-14T08:00:00

When making backups from code be sure to set the Connection and Command timeout of the connection to a high enough value as backups of big databases can take a long time.
Here is a simple way to make backups: Backup & Restore of SQL Server database using VB.NET[^]
To script the database using SMO, see this article: SMO Tutorial 3 of n - Scripting[^]