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SMO not available in .NET 4.0? Or is there an easier way to backup a database from code

We upgraded our application to .NET 4.0 a while ago, and now need to add the ability to backup SQL Server 2008 databases from the app. However, it doesn't seem that SMO is available for .NET 4. Is there a workaround or better way to perform a database backup (note that our backups need to be user initiated over a website, so we cannot schedule them).

+2  A: 

Use BACKUP DATABASE?

Otherwise, try these One, Two

gbn  2010-09-03 19:28:54
We'd also need to handle restoring a database as well ... is it easier to just call the SQL commands via a Connection? We were concerned about handling problems/exceptions.
Jess  2010-09-03 20:53:15
TRY/CATCH and RESTORE DATABASE?
gbn  2010-09-03 21:12:30
Cool, I had no idea you could do a try/catch within T-SQL
Jess  2010-09-04 01:58:59

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