declare @MyDay varchar(20) declare @query varchar(1000) declare @DatabaseName varchar(128) declare @snapshotName varchar(128) declare @snapDataName varchar(128) declare @snapFileName varchar(128) declare @snapFilePath varchar(128) set @Myday = (Select datename(weekday,getdate())) print 'It is ' + @MyDay Set @DatabaseName ='MyDB' Set @SnapDataName='MyDB_Data' Set @SnapshotName ='MyDB_Snapshot'+'_'+@MyDay Set @SnapFilename ='c:\data\MyDB_Data'+'_'+@MyDay+'.ss' Print 'Snapshot name is ' +@SnapshotName select * from sys.databases where source_database_id =db_id(@databasename) and name = @SnapshotName if @@rowcount <>0 begin set @query = 'Drop database '+ @SnapshotName print @query exec(@query) end set @query ='Create database '+ @SnapshotName + ' on (Name = '''+@snapDataName +', FileName="' +@SnapFilename +'") AS SNAPSHOT of '+ @databasename+';' print @query exec(@query)