I have 10 tables in my database. Out of this I want to generate 5 tables with same structure and dependencies in a different database. I don't need to copy the data inside these tables, just the schema of tables. How do I do this? I don't want to manually copy the code but to generate files to export.
If you are copying from database(Schema) in SQL Server to another, then what you can do is use the Tasks>Generate Scripts
From here you press the Select Specific Database Objects and select the tables in the tables section that you want to carry to your new database.
Then go to the Set Scripting Options Menu, and press the advanced button at the top right of that menu. Another menu will pop up with options. Based on what you said the default (following) options should work.
Then Just Generate it in your desired format and make sure you're pointing them all to the correct database!
Using SQL Server Management Studio you can right-click on the database in the Object Explorer and choose Tasks/Generate Scriptsand follow the instructions in the wizard.
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I have 100 tables in 6 schema. I want to create DDL (create table) script for 25 tables belong to all 6 schema. All are in one database.
I am new to SSMS (SQL Server 2018). I know its easy in Oracle. I am not getting a way how to get exact DDL only for some tables.
Can someone provide the script if handy?
Right click the database name in SSMS. Choose Tasks-> Generate Scripts. Click that you want to select only certain objects. Within the next dialog, there is an advanced button that allows you to script schema only, or schema and data both.
In SQL Server 2012 or greater, what is the best “free or almost free” way to copy the data from a set of tables to another where you can overwrite all the destination data but relationships are present so the copy needs to occur in a specific order?
SSIS does not seem to have a way to accomplish this where it could figure out the relationships in the data and delete/copy the data in the correct order when FKs and relationships are present?
Basically I’m trying to copy the data for Table A, B, C, D, E, etc. which may be related to each other and say take all the data from the source and try to overwrite and delete the data in the destination.
I think existing SQL 2012 functionality will accomplish your needs nicely. You need to use the **Generate and Publish Scripts Wizard** is SQL Server Management
Studio (SSMS) to generate a script you can re-use in SSIS.
1. In Object Explorer, expand Databases, right-click a database, point to Tasks, and then click Generate and Publish Scripts. Follow the steps in the wizard to script the database objects for publishing.
2. On the Choose Objects page, select the objects to be published.
3. On the Set Scripting Options page, select Save scripts to a specific location.
a. To specify advanced publishing options, select the Advanced button.
i. Script DROP and CREATE: True
ii. Types of Data to script: Schema and Data
b. On the Summary page, review your selections. Click Previous to change your selections. Click Next to publish the objects you selected.
4. On the Save or Publish Scripts page review to progress of the operation.
You can use the developed script for your SSIS process.
I have gone through many related SO threads and got some basic info.
Already generated DB diagram.
After that i am unable to find a button/option to generate SQL scripts (create) for all the tables in diagram.
"Generate script" button is disabled, even on clicking the table in diagram.
However i enabled the auto-generate option in tools->designer. But what to do with previous diagrams.
I just want an easy way to auto-generate such scripts (create/alter) and would be gud if i get auto-generated stored procs for insert/selects/update etc.
EDIT: I could do generate scripts for DB objects.
Now:
1. How to import DB diagram from another DB.
2. How to generate (and manage their change integrated with VS source control) routine stored-procs like insert, update and select.
Ok let me ask another way, can experts guide on the usual flow of creating/altering tables (across releases), creating stored-procs (are stored-procs the best way to go ?) and their change-management using SSMS design tools and minimal effort ?
You can go to the Object Explorer in SSMS, and right-click on your own database, and then pick "Tasks" > "Generate Scripts" to generate a whole bunch of scripts for your database.
Mind you - this is just a single set of CREATE statements, basically.
If you're using the visual table designer to modify your tables, you can also have it create a script to handle the changes you've made.
And in Visual Studio 2010 Professional or up, you can also take snapshots of databases, and compare two sets of your database and generate ALTER scripts from those .
I am working for a company that uses Gmed EMR. Gmed lacks some features that my client requires and I have had to build an external secure web based application to fill in. Gmed runs on Microsoft SQL server. I have access to the server, but I've never used Microsoft SQL server before. How can I safety SQL dump the users tables? Should I even try this?
To get a dump, do the following (OTTOMH):
Open SQL Server Management Studio
Right click on your database
On the menu go to TASKS and then GENERATE SCRIPTS then click NEXT
Choose "Specific Objects"
Choose the tables that you want
In the options make sure you choose the option for SCRIPT DATA
Choose to put it into a script or a window and click FINISH
This will give you a script to create the table, as well as the INSERT statements for data.
If you want just the data dump, you can right click a database and choose to EXPORT data.
It depends on the format you want them in. It's pretty easy to export to a text file. Open SQL Server Management Studio (the GUI), right-click the database you want to export from, then click Export Data. It's a straightforward wizard that lets you select what tables or other objects you want to export, and in what format or to what file.
I would like to copy a table from one database to another. I know you can easily do the following if the databases are on the same SQL Server.
SELECT * INTO NewTable FROM existingdb.dbo.existingtable;
Is there any easy way to do this if the databases are on two different SQL Servers, without having to loop through every record in the original table and insert it into the new table?
Also, this needs to be done in code, outside of SQL Server Management Studio.
Yes. add a linked server entry, and use select into using the four part db object naming convention.
Example:
SELECT * INTO targetTable
FROM [sourceserver].[sourcedatabase].[dbo].[sourceTable]
If it’s only copying tables then linked servers will work fine or creating scripts but if secondary table already contains some data then I’d suggest using some third party comparison tool.
I’m using Apex Diff but there are also a lot of other tools out there such as those from Red Gate or Dev Art...
Third party tools are not necessary of course and you can do everything natively it’s just more convenient. Even if you’re on a tight budget you can use these in trial mode to get things done….
Here is a good thread on similar topic with a lot more examples on how to do this in pure sql.
SQL Server(2012) provides another way to generate script for the SQL Server databases with its objects and data. This script can be used to copy the tables’ schema and data from the source database to the destination one in our case.
Using the SQL Server Management Studio, right-click on the source database from the object explorer, then from Tasks choose Generate Scripts.
In the Choose objects window, choose Select Specific Database Objects to specify the tables that you will generate script for, then choose the tables by ticking beside each one of it. Click Next.
In the Set Scripting Options window, specify the path where you will save the generated script file, and click Advanced.
From the appeared Advanced Scripting Options window, specify Schema and Data as Types of Data to Script. You can decide from here if you want to script the indexes and keys in your tables. Click OK.
Getting back to the Advanced Scripting Options window, click Next.
Review the Summary window and click Next.
You can monitor the progress from the Save or Publish Scripts window. If there is no error click Finish and you will find the script file in the specified path.
SQL Scripting method is useful to generate one single script for the tables’ schema and data, including the indexes and keys. But again this method doesn’t generate the tables’ creation script in the correct order if there are relations between the tables.
Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard will generate all the necessary insert statements, and optionally schema information as well if you need that:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A
Generate the scripts?
Generate a script to create the table then generate a script to insert the data.
check-out SP_ Genereate_Inserts for generating the data insert script.
Create the database, with Script Database as... CREATE To
Within SSMS on the source server, use the export wizard with the destination server database as the destination.
Source instance > YourDatabase > Tasks > Export data
Data Soure = SQL Server Native Client
Validate/enter Server & Database
Destination = SQL Server Native Client
Validate/enter Server & Database
Follow through wizard