Exclude a Table from SQL 2005 Backup Maintenance Plan

Hi All,
I'm seeking feedback on a backup issue. I have several databases that I run
full backups on nightly (simple recovery) using a SQL 2005 maintenance plan.
Each database has 1 or 2 tables that hold non-critical spam hit data. This
data accounts for approximately half the database size and grows daily.
My question: Is there a simple way to skip / exclude 1 or 2 tables during a
native SQL backup routine either via SQL maintenance plan of TSQL.
All help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Rick B
What about creating seperate filegroups for those tables and not backup
up those filegroups?
http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/
|||But be aware that such a restore is not trivial, and one has to ensure that one has complete
knowledge of the implications such strategy has on the restore process. I'd move those tables into
another database instead.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"SQL" <denis.gobo@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> What about creating seperate filegroups for those tables and not backup
> up those filegroups?
> http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/
>