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Is there any way to generate database scripts from a SQL query in SQL Server?
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I am presently using SQL Server 2008. I want to move the entire applications and database to SQL Server 2016 without data. i.e. I don't want to copy the entire data but I need all the tables and everything from the previous server. Can please anyone help me with this?
You'll want to script out each database. To do so:
right click on the database
tasks
generate scripts
using the wizard, choose all the data objects you want (tables, views, etc.) or all of them
save to a location
open the file from that location
boom, there is your code set up all your tables, etc. for your database!
Just repeat for each database you want to 'copy'. Just remember (as requested) each table will have no data in it. Alternatively you can backup and restore each database and then truncate each table, that is probably a lot more work though.
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I am using SQL Server 2008. When I create a database by right clicking on the database folder and create new database, it creates the database with the name I given.
Additionally, the tables that are generated automatically are from a previously created table with different database name.
When a database is created, it is created based on the model database, as described here:
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I am using VB2012 and SQL Server 2012. I exported a table from Access Database (2000 Format) to SQL Server 2012. But SQL Server is not allowing me to modify the table. I get a message that the table needs to be dropped and recreated. Is there a way to solve this.
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I have a database that contains several schemas in SQL Server 2008 R2. All schemas contain the same tables. Now I want to be able to restore a backup of only one schema, while leaving the other schemas the way they are.
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Anybody tell how to take sql database backup without data. i wanted to take all the tables and structures from sql server 2008. and import to another sql server 2008. i dont need the data.
Use "tasks" -> "Generate scripts" and choose what you want to script. Run, save to a file, open the file against the new database and run the script after changing the database name to match (if it changed)
First time you can use the script database option, as Otavio suggested.
Subsequent times you can use a tool like RedGate SQL Compare or the Compare Schema functionality of Visual Studio Database Edition. These tools allow you to synch schema (ie. 'table structure') from one database to another.
You can do this by making scripts.
The way to go is:
Right click the table you want to script to the other database.
Script table as: -> Create to New query window.
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SQL Server - copy stored procedures from one db to another
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Is there an easy way to copy all stored procedures from one database to another? I have SQL Management Studio installed.
In SQL 2005 and 2008 management: Right click on the database, choose tasks -> generate scripts. You should be able to follow the directions in the wizard from there.
In Sql 2000 you can actually just select the procedures you want to copy, ctrl+c to copy them, then paste them into a new query window for the other DB and run it.
You can script objects out with SQL Management Studio by right clicking the database name and clicking script objects(or something like that I'm not on my Windows machine right now to check). You can select to do just the stored procs and select to have all the output go to one file instead of 1 file per an object. Once you have them in one file you can run that file against your database.
Also look into Red Gate Software's tool called SQL Compare
http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm
It's not free but does have a free trial.