Re: About backups

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> wrote:

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> > On Jan 26, 2026, at 10:37, felix(dot)quintgz(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
> >
> > I can't change my expectations. It's either you do it or I won't certify
> you, and you won't be able to use the application.
> > That's how a certification body works, and there's nothing I can do
> about it.
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> Can you articulate the specific requirement? I assume it's not "the
> database can be backed up completely by issuing an SQL command."

But it is! That's exactly how you -- and IIRC *the only* way to -- backup
SQL Server databases (typically from Agent, which is like pg_cron but much
more featureful, and completely integrated into SSMS and SQL Server).
Every CLI or GUI method of doing a backup calls BACKUP DATABASE and/or
BACKUP LOG behind the scenes.

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