Backup MSDE database

Hi,

we have about 12 databases in an MSDE server.

We can install the enterprise manager, but cant get the maintenance plans to work. (fields stay empty and setting dont get saved)
I've searched a bit, but couldn't fix it.

No problem, i created a job, with 12 T-SQL commands, and the backups are working perfect.

Now we wanne backup with a history (we take a backup every 4 hours of the day), because now they always get overwritten.

So im trying to change my transactSQL to create dynamic files.

The code i'm using right now :

BACKUP DATABASE PW0001A00 TO DISK = 'C:\SQLBACKUP\PW0001A00.BAK' WITH INIT, NOUNLOAD, NOSKIP, STATS=10, NOFORMAT

I've tried different things like

BACKUP DATABASE PW0001A00 TO DISK = 'C:\SQLBACKUP\PW0001A00' + DATEPART(month, GETDATE()) + '.BAK' WITH INIT, NOUNLOAD, NOSKIP, STATS=10, NOFORMAT

but nothing worked.

so basically I wanne be able to create dynamic filenames in the above command.

You got any ideas/solutions.

tnx.Take Umachander's http://www.umachandar.com/technical/SQL70Scripts/Main30.htm solution in this case.|||thank you.

i'll try that solution. looks good. :-)