Finding latest full backup file name

We are instituting a procedure to restore the latest full backup (*.BAK
extension) of our production database to a training database in an automated
fashion. Is there a way to determine the pathname and filename of the latest
full backup of a database (from msdb perhaps). or do I need to use DOS Dir
command manipulation to get this information from file timestamps? I would
then use T-SQL to restore the filename over the existing training database.
Any ideas?
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.If you are not using multiple devices, may be this can help.
use msdb
go
select top 1
a.[name],
a.[database_name],
a.type,
a.backup_start_date,
a.backup_finish_date,
c.physical_device_name
from
dbo.backupset as a
inner join
dbo.backupmediaset as b
on a.media_set_id = b.media_set_id
inner join
dbo.backupmediafamily as c
on b.media_set_id = c.media_set_id
where
a.[database_name] = 'northwind'
and a.type = 'D'
order by
a.backup_finish_date desc
AMB
"Larry Menzin" wrote:

> We are instituting a procedure to restore the latest full backup (*.BAK
> extension) of our production database to a training database in an automat
ed
> fashion. Is there a way to determine the pathname and filename of the late
st
> full backup of a database (from msdb perhaps). or do I need to use DOS Dir
> command manipulation to get this information from file timestamps? I would
> then use T-SQL to restore the filename over the existing training database
.
> Any ideas?
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.|||Just what I was looking for. Thanks a lot.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.
"Alejandro Mesa" wrote:
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> If you are not using multiple devices, may be this can help.
> use msdb
> go
> select top 1
> a.[name],
> a.[database_name],
> a.type,
> a.backup_start_date,
> a.backup_finish_date,
> c.physical_device_name
> from
> dbo.backupset as a
> inner join
> dbo.backupmediaset as b
> on a.media_set_id = b.media_set_id
> inner join
> dbo.backupmediafamily as c
> on b.media_set_id = c.media_set_id
> where
> a.[database_name] = 'northwind'
> and a.type = 'D'
> order by
> a.backup_finish_date desc
>
> AMB
>
> "Larry Menzin" wrote:
>