Get the last database backup for all databases in a SQL Server instance

I don’t like to publish small code snippets, but I’ve just rewritten one of my most used SQL scripts for SQL Server that gets the details about the last backup for every database (for both backup database and backup log).

It now makes use of with () and rank() over() to make it much easier to read and modify.

So I think it’s worth to share it.

with
db as (
	select [Instance] = @@SERVERNAME,
		[Database]  = name,
	    [RecoveryMode]   = DATABASEPROPERTYEX(name, 'Recovery'),
	    [CreationTime]   = crdate,
	    [Status]         = DATABASEPROPERTYEX(name, 'Status')
		from master..sysdatabases
		where name!='tempdb'
),
lastfull as	(
	select * from (
	 select [Database]     = s.database_name,
		--[Type]   = s.type,
		[LastFullDate] = convert(varchar, s.backup_finish_date, 120),
		[LastFullSize]   = s.backup_size,
		[LastFullDevice] = f.physical_device_name,
        [LastFullDevTyp] = f.device_type,
		[Nrank] = rank() over (partition by s.database_name order by s.backup_finish_date desc)
	from msdb.dbo.backupset s, msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily f
		where 
         s.media_set_id=f.media_set_id
		and s.type='D'
		-- and f.device_type = 7 -- only backup devices
	) f
	where nrank=1
),
lastlog as (
	select * from (
	 select [Database]     = s.database_name,
		--[Type]   = s.type,
		[LastLogDate] = convert(varchar, s.backup_finish_date, 120),
		[LastLogSize]   = s.backup_size,
		[LastLogDevice] = f.physical_device_name,
        [LastLogDevTyp] = f.device_type,
		[Nrank] = rank() over (partition by s.database_name order by s.backup_finish_date desc)
	 from msdb.dbo.backupset s, msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily f
		where 
         s.media_set_id=f.media_set_id
		and s.type='L'
		-- and f.device_type = 7 -- only backup devices
	) l
	where nrank=1
)
select db.[Instance],db.[Database], db.[RecoveryMode], db.[CreationTime], db.[Status],
	lastfull.[LastFullDate], lastfull.[LastFullSize], 
        lastfull.[LastFullDevice], lastfull.[LastFullDevTyp],
	lastlog.[LastLogDate], lastlog.[LastLogSize], lastlog.[LastLogDevice], lastlog.[LastLogDevTyp]
from db
	left outer join lastfull
		on (db.[Database]=lastfull.[Database])
	left outer join lastlog
		on (db.[Database]=lastlog.[Database])

As you can see, modify it to include for example incremental backups should be very easy.

Cheers
—
Ludo