Sunday, March 25, 2012

Copy DB structure into a new DB

Hello,
I would like to copy the structure of a DB (tables,relations, indexes,
default values, ecc...) into a new DB on the same server.
I don't want to copy the data in the tables. Is this possible? How?
Thank you very much
Bye
1. Right click on your source database in Enterprise Manager-->All
Tasks-->Generate SQL Scripts.
2. You can then choose what objects you need to be scripted (lots of options).
3. Create your destination db.
4. Run the generated script.
Sasan Saidi, MSc in CS
Senior DBA
Brascan Business Services
"I saw it work in a cartoon once so I am pretty sure I can do it."
"news.microsoft.com" wrote:

> Hello,
> I would like to copy the structure of a DB (tables,relations, indexes,
> default values, ecc...) into a new DB on the same server.
> I don't want to copy the data in the tables. Is this possible? How?
> Thank you very much
> Bye
>
>
|||Use DTS...
Choose the "Copy objects and data between SQL Server databases"
Here is the key... on the next screen, uncheck "Copy Data"
"news.microsoft.com" <diego.lotti@.NOSPAMiol.it> wrote in message
news:uaTGhRpwEHA.2908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I would like to copy the structure of a DB (tables,relations, indexes,
> default values, ecc...) into a new DB on the same server.
> I don't want to copy the data in the tables. Is this possible? How?
> Thank you very much
> Bye
>
|||If you use the "Generate SQL Script" function, it won't generate the "DROP"
statements for users and logins though. I wonder if they'll get that fixed
anytime soon?
"Armando Prato" wrote:

> Use DTS...
> Choose the "Copy objects and data between SQL Server databases"
> Here is the key... on the next screen, uncheck "Copy Data"
>
> "news.microsoft.com" <diego.lotti@.NOSPAMiol.it> wrote in message
> news:uaTGhRpwEHA.2908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>

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