How can take Back-Up and restore database from a web form wsing asp.net(vb.net)

I want to give a facility to backup database restore database to the customer in my project.
Database is stored in sql server 2000.
From the website the browser can take backup by clicking BACKUP button and
restore database by clicking RESTORE button.
is it possiable in asp.net programatically ?

In SQL Server you backup a database using the "backup database" command. You restore a database using the "restore database" commands. You can lookup the complete syntax to these commands.

You issue these SQL commands from asp.net just like you would any other SQL command. The backup command will work even if others are using the database at the moment you do the backup. The biggest problem would be the restore. If you are going to restore a database over an existing database (overwrite it) then that database must not be in use or you will get an error.

Brian

|||i do not really recommend this approach whether you can or not !!!!
this is an admin job and it is better not to have a wide access to do this kind of operation..... i am not sure about if you can do it or not ... !!|||Its definitely possible, take a look at this page on MSDNhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ba-bz_35ww.asp This details the TSQL commands that are necessary to perform the backup/restore. Once you create the commands just execute them with SqlClient.
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