I'm trying to get the CREATE scripts for existing tables within SQL Server 2008. I assume I can do this by querying the sys.tables somehow, however this isn't returning me the CREATE script data.
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1Just `CREATE TABLE` or all of the other baggage, e.g indexes, relations, check constraints, triggers _(With the firing order preserved!)_, ...? As soon as you start adding relations the order of creation becomes critical. – HABO Jun 01 '13 at 16:44
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Possible this be helpful for you. This script generate indexes, FK's, PK and common structure for any table.
For example -
DDL:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut](
[WorkOutID] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[TimeSheetDate] [datetime] NOT NULL,
[DateOut] [datetime] NOT NULL,
[EmployeeID] [int] NOT NULL,
[IsMainWorkPlace] [bit] NOT NULL,
[DepartmentUID] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[WorkPlaceUID] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[TeamUID] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[WorkShiftCD] [nvarchar](10) NULL,
[WorkHours] [real] NULL,
[AbsenceCode] [varchar](25) NULL,
[PaymentType] [char](2) NULL,
[CategoryID] [int] NULL,
[Year] AS (datepart(year,[TimeSheetDate])),
CONSTRAINT [PK_WorkOut] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[WorkOutID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut] ADD
CONSTRAINT [DF__WorkOut__IsMainW__2C1E8537] DEFAULT ((1)) FOR [IsMainWorkPlace]
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_WorkOut_Employee_EmployeeID] FOREIGN KEY([EmployeeID])
REFERENCES [dbo].[Employee] ([EmployeeID])
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_WorkOut_Employee_EmployeeID]
Query:
DECLARE @table_name SYSNAME
SELECT @table_name = 'dbo.WorkOut'
DECLARE
@object_name SYSNAME
, @object_id INT
SELECT
@object_name = '[' + s.name + '].[' + o.name + ']'
, @object_id = o.[object_id]
FROM sys.objects o WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.schemas s WITH (NOWAIT) ON o.[schema_id] = s.[schema_id]
WHERE s.name + '.' + o.name = @table_name
AND o.[type] = 'U'
AND o.is_ms_shipped = 0
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''
;WITH index_column AS
(
SELECT
ic.[object_id]
, ic.index_id
, ic.is_descending_key
, ic.is_included_column
, c.name
FROM sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON ic.[object_id] = c.[object_id] AND ic.column_id = c.column_id
WHERE ic.[object_id] = @object_id
),
fk_columns AS
(
SELECT
k.constraint_object_id
, cname = c.name
, rcname = rc.name
FROM sys.foreign_key_columns k WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.columns rc WITH (NOWAIT) ON rc.[object_id] = k.referenced_object_id AND rc.column_id = k.referenced_column_id
JOIN sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = k.parent_column_id
WHERE k.parent_object_id = @object_id
)
SELECT @SQL = 'CREATE TABLE ' + @object_name + CHAR(13) + '(' + CHAR(13) + STUFF((
SELECT CHAR(9) + ', [' + c.name + '] ' +
CASE WHEN c.is_computed = 1
THEN 'AS ' + cc.[definition]
ELSE UPPER(tp.name) +
CASE WHEN tp.name IN ('varchar', 'char', 'varbinary', 'binary', 'text')
THEN '(' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN 'MAX' ELSE CAST(c.max_length AS VARCHAR(5)) END + ')'
WHEN tp.name IN ('nvarchar', 'nchar', 'ntext')
THEN '(' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN 'MAX' ELSE CAST(c.max_length / 2 AS VARCHAR(5)) END + ')'
WHEN tp.name IN ('datetime2', 'time2', 'datetimeoffset')
THEN '(' + CAST(c.scale AS VARCHAR(5)) + ')'
WHEN tp.name = 'decimal'
THEN '(' + CAST(c.[precision] AS VARCHAR(5)) + ',' + CAST(c.scale AS VARCHAR(5)) + ')'
ELSE ''
END +
CASE WHEN c.collation_name IS NOT NULL THEN ' COLLATE ' + c.collation_name ELSE '' END +
CASE WHEN c.is_nullable = 1 THEN ' NULL' ELSE ' NOT NULL' END +
CASE WHEN dc.[definition] IS NOT NULL THEN ' DEFAULT' + dc.[definition] ELSE '' END +
CASE WHEN ic.is_identity = 1 THEN ' IDENTITY(' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, '0') AS CHAR(1)) + ',' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.increment_value, '1') AS CHAR(1)) + ')' ELSE '' END
END + CHAR(13)
FROM sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.types tp WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.user_type_id = tp.user_type_id
LEFT JOIN sys.computed_columns cc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = cc.[object_id] AND c.column_id = cc.column_id
LEFT JOIN sys.default_constraints dc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.default_object_id != 0 AND c.[object_id] = dc.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = dc.parent_column_id
LEFT JOIN sys.identity_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.is_identity = 1 AND c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id] AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE c.[object_id] = @object_id
ORDER BY c.column_id
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, CHAR(9) + ' ')
+ ISNULL((SELECT CHAR(9) + ', CONSTRAINT [' + k.name + '] PRIMARY KEY (' +
(SELECT STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + c.name + '] ' + CASE WHEN ic.is_descending_key = 1 THEN 'DESC' ELSE 'ASC' END
FROM sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id] AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE ic.is_included_column = 0
AND ic.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id
AND ic.index_id = k.unique_index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, ''))
+ ')' + CHAR(13)
FROM sys.key_constraints k WITH (NOWAIT)
WHERE k.parent_object_id = @object_id
AND k.[type] = 'PK'), '') + ')' + CHAR(13)
+ ISNULL((SELECT (
SELECT CHAR(13) +
'ALTER TABLE ' + @object_name + ' WITH'
+ CASE WHEN fk.is_not_trusted = 1
THEN ' NOCHECK'
ELSE ' CHECK'
END +
' ADD CONSTRAINT [' + fk.name + '] FOREIGN KEY('
+ STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + k.cname + ']'
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '')
+ ')' +
' REFERENCES [' + SCHEMA_NAME(ro.[schema_id]) + '].[' + ro.name + '] ('
+ STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + k.rcname + ']'
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '')
+ ')'
+ CASE
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 1 THEN ' ON DELETE CASCADE'
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 2 THEN ' ON DELETE SET NULL'
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 3 THEN ' ON DELETE SET DEFAULT'
ELSE ''
END
+ CASE
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 1 THEN ' ON UPDATE CASCADE'
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 2 THEN ' ON UPDATE SET NULL'
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 3 THEN ' ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT'
ELSE ''
END
+ CHAR(13) + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @object_name + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT [' + fk.name + ']' + CHAR(13)
FROM sys.foreign_keys fk WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.objects ro WITH (NOWAIT) ON ro.[object_id] = fk.referenced_object_id
WHERE fk.parent_object_id = @object_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')), '')
+ ISNULL(((SELECT
CHAR(13) + 'CREATE' + CASE WHEN i.is_unique = 1 THEN ' UNIQUE' ELSE '' END
+ ' NONCLUSTERED INDEX [' + i.name + '] ON ' + @object_name + ' (' +
STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + c.name + ']' + CASE WHEN c.is_descending_key = 1 THEN ' DESC' ELSE ' ASC' END
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 0
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '') + ')'
+ ISNULL(CHAR(13) + 'INCLUDE (' +
STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + c.name + ']'
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 1
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '') + ')', '') + CHAR(13)
FROM sys.indexes i WITH (NOWAIT)
WHERE i.[object_id] = @object_id
AND i.is_primary_key = 0
AND i.[type] = 2
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
), '')
PRINT @SQL
--EXEC sys.sp_executesql @SQL
Output:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut]
(
[WorkOutID] BIGINT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1)
, [TimeSheetDate] DATETIME NOT NULL
, [DateOut] DATETIME NOT NULL
, [EmployeeID] INT NOT NULL
, [IsMainWorkPlace] BIT NOT NULL DEFAULT((1))
, [DepartmentUID] UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NOT NULL
, [WorkPlaceUID] UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NULL
, [TeamUID] UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NULL
, [WorkShiftCD] NVARCHAR(10) COLLATE Cyrillic_General_CI_AS NULL
, [WorkHours] REAL NULL
, [AbsenceCode] VARCHAR(25) COLLATE Cyrillic_General_CI_AS NULL
, [PaymentType] CHAR(2) COLLATE Cyrillic_General_CI_AS NULL
, [CategoryID] INT NULL
, [Year] AS (datepart(year,[TimeSheetDate]))
, CONSTRAINT [PK_WorkOut] PRIMARY KEY ([WorkOutID] ASC)
)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_WorkOut_Employee_EmployeeID] FOREIGN KEY([EmployeeID]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Employee] ([EmployeeID])
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[WorkOut] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_WorkOut_Employee_EmployeeID]
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_WorkOut_WorkShiftCD_AbsenceCode] ON [dbo].[WorkOut] ([WorkShiftCD] ASC, [AbsenceCode] ASC)
INCLUDE ([WorkOutID], [WorkHours])
Also check this article -
How to Generate a CREATE TABLE Script For an Existing Table: Part 1
Devart
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@Devart I have used this script..it working fine. But with SQL server 11.0.6523 (2012) version, missing some column from table. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) - 10.50.4000.0 (X64) Service Pack 2 – Neelam Sharma Aug 19 '16 at 06:10
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1@Devart I have updated my query, please see updated question for ddl : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38998330/ms-sql-script-generating-different-ddl-on-different-machine – Neelam Sharma Aug 19 '16 at 10:08
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Make sure you use the updated SQL linked above, or you will drop the decimal places on numeric columns. – LeBleu Oct 09 '18 at 19:45
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This does not work for my products table, it breaks with 82 fields, but it has more fields. – jacouh Dec 04 '18 at 20:05
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@jacouh There's a bug in the script of devart. It doesn't take in consideration the 4000 char limits when concatenating strings – ildanny Mar 08 '19 at 16:57
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1@Devart Your script working fine but I am getting Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 21 Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type varchar for table : ddl for table : dbo.bizparsing Columns: ruleID(PK,bigint, not null) bizName(varchar(100),not null) bizID (FK,bigint, not null) – Neelam Sharma Jul 26 '19 at 12:56
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1Thanks @Devart! For others, to handle an index with a filter I had to add `+ CASE WHEN ISNULL(i.filter_definition,'') = '' THEN '' ELSE ' WHERE ' + i.filter_definition END` to line 136 before the `+ CHAR(13)` – ajphall Oct 22 '19 at 22:48
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1How easy would it be to put this on a loop to return the result for each INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES.TABLE_NAME ? Thanks – Pablo Camara Dec 03 '19 at 18:45
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Very nice script; however, to get it to work properly with sqlcmd.exe (command-line) in interactive mode, I had to change all of the `CHAR(13)` to `CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)` – Tom Warfield Apr 29 '20 at 15:30
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Some column data types are not working (anymore?): `char`, `binary` and `nchar` have no `MAX` option and `time2` should probably be `time`. – slartidan Jun 02 '20 at 13:19
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1This is very helpful! I can't use the built-in SSMS generation tools due to server URN conflicts, so this was a big time-saver. If anyone gets an "Invalid Urn filter on server level" error while trying to run the "Script Table as" -> "CREATE To" context, try this query out. – bsplosion Jun 02 '20 at 15:51
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However, I am not able to use NTEXT(8), as the above script generates for my NTEXT columns (I run SQL Server 2019). If 'ntext' is removed from the row with WHEN tp.name IN ('nvarchar', 'nchar'_, 'ntext'_) then it works for me... – HansLindgren Sep 07 '20 at 15:33
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2@NeelamSharma: There is a bug with the script when dealing with identity columns if the seed value or increment value exceeds char(1) as would be case if you are seeding / incrementing in negative or in greater than single digits. What worked for me was to replace the CHAR(1) with varchar in the final CASE statement in the SELECT – Hotshot007 Sep 30 '21 at 07:21
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1When your Identity's seed_value is greater than 9 you would need to replace `CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, '0') AS CHAR(1))` with `CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, '0') AS NVARCHAR(50))` (Edit queue is full) – romfir Aug 31 '23 at 14:33
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do you mean you wish to create a TSQL script which generates a CREATE script, or use the Management tools in SQL SERVER Management Studio to generate a Create script?
If it's the latter, it's a simply matter of right-clicking a table, and selecting Script Table As -> Create To -> New Query Window.
If you want the whole database scripted, then right click the database and select Tasks--> Generate Scripts... and then follow the wizard
otherwise it's a matter of selecting all sorts of fun things out of the various system tables.
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2I was actually looking for a way to pro grammatically get these, as this will be ran from a .NET app to generate a master script file. – cweston Apr 07 '09 at 23:35
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I realize this question is old, but it recently popped up in a search I just ran, so I thought I'd post an alternative to the above answer.
If you are looking to generate create scripts programmatically in .Net, I would highly recommend looking into Server Management Objects (SMO) or Distributed Management Objects (DMO) -- depending on which version of SQL Server you are using (the former is 2005+, the latter 2000). Using these libraries, scripting a table is as easy as:
Server server = new Server(".");
Database northwind = server.Databases["Northwind"];
Table categories = northwind.Tables["Categories"];
StringCollection script = categories.Script();
string[] scriptArray = new string[script.Count];
script.CopyTo(scriptArray, 0);
Here is a blog post with more information.
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First of all I love the script written by devart and I wanted to use it, but I found some limitation, so I decided to improve it:
- I fixed the bug that limits the script at 4000 chars (it's still possible that some crazy table still exceeds the limits)
- I fixed the bug/limitation in case the table uses a nonclustered primary key
- I replaced '[' with quotename
- I added the name of the default constraints
- I changed the logic to identify the source table
- I added the possibility to drop and recreate the table and its FKs
- I added the possibility to generate specific attributes
- I added the support for table compression
- I added the possibility the generate the scripts for any number of tables
- I fixed the limitation of 4000 varchar() when printing the result
- I replaced '' with N''
- I added the option to generate messages during the execution, because my final script (with the insert into) can take so long that I want to know what it's doing
- I added the generation of an "Insert into"
I didn't have time to test it properly and I tested it only on SQL Server 2012/4
The next version will change the generation of FKs because they need to be added at the end. Otherwise they may fail.
Any comment will be appreciated.
set transaction isolation level read uncommitted;
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SET STATISTICS TIME OFF;
SET STATISTICS IO OFF;
-- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12639948/sql-nvarchar-and-varchar-limits
--NB: Crazy table can still have truncation at 4000 because of unexpected number of indexes or other very long list of columns/defaults etc
-- triggers are not supported
-- xml indexes are not supported
DECLARE @Tables table(id int identity(1,1), [name] sysname);
insert into @Tables([name])
values
('<yourSchema>.<youTableName>')
,('<yourSchema2>.<youTableName2>')
;
DECLARE @object_id int;
DECLARE @SourceDatabase nvarchar(max) = N'SourceTest'; --this is used only by the insert
DECLARE @TargetDatabase nvarchar(max) = N'DescTest'; --this is used only by the insert and USE <DBName>
--- options ---
DECLARE @UseTransaction bit = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateUseDatabase bit = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateFKs bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateIdentity bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateCollation bit = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateCreateTable bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateIndexes bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateConstraints bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateKeyConstraints bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateConstraintNameOfDefaults bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateDropIfItExists bit = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateDropFKIfItExists bit = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateDelete bit = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateInsertInto bit = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateIdentityInsert int = 0; --0 ignore set,but add column; 1 generate; 2 ignore set and column
DECLARE @GenerateSetNoCount int = 2; --0 ignore set,1=set on, 2=set off
DECLARE @GenerateMessages bit = 1; --print with no wait
DECLARE @GenerateDataCompressionOptions bit = 1; --TODO: generates the compression option only of the table, not the indexes
--NB: the compression options reflects the design value.
--The actual compression of a the page is saved here
--SELECT * from sys.dm_db_database_page_allocations(DB_ID(), @object_ID, 0, 1, 'DETAILED')
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Let's play
DECLARE @DataTypeSpacer int = 45; --this is just to improve the formatting of the script ...
DECLARE @name sysname;
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = N''
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT [name] from @Tables
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @object_id = object_ID(@name)
goto CreateScript;
backFromCreateScript:
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
return;
CreateScript:
DECLARE @CR NVARCHAR(max) = NCHAR(13);
DECLARE @TB NVARCHAR(max) = NCHAR(9);
DECLARE @CurrentIndent nvarchar(max) = ''
;WITH index_column AS
(
SELECT
ic.[object_id]
, ic.index_id
, ic.is_descending_key
, ic.is_included_column
, c.name
FROM sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON ic.[object_id] = c.[object_id] AND ic.column_id = c.column_id
WHERE ic.[object_id] = @object_id
),
fk_columns AS
(
SELECT
k.constraint_object_id
, cname = c.name
, rcname = rc.name
FROM sys.foreign_key_columns k WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.columns rc WITH (NOWAIT) ON rc.[object_id] = k.referenced_object_id AND rc.column_id = k.referenced_column_id
JOIN sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = k.parent_column_id
WHERE k.parent_object_id = @object_id and @GenerateFKs = 1
)
SELECT @SQL =
-------------------- USE DATABASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @GenerateUseDatabase = 1
THEN N'USE ' + @TargetDatabase + N';' + @CR
ELSE N'' END
as nvarchar(max))
+
-------------------- SET NOCOUNT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE @GenerateSetNoCount
WHEN 1 THEN N'SET NOCOUNT ON;' + @CR
WHEN 2 THEN N'SET NOCOUNT OFF;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END
as nvarchar(max))
+
-------------------- USE TRANSACTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @UseTransaction = 1
THEN
N'SET XACT_ABORT ON' + @CR
+ N'BEGIN TRY' + @CR
+ N'BEGIN TRAN' + @CR
ELSE N'' END
as nvarchar(max))
+
-------------------- DROP SYNONYM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE WHEN @GenerateDropIfItExists = 1
THEN
CAST(
N'IF OBJECT_ID(''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''',''SN'') IS NOT NULL DROP SYNONYM ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N';' + @CR
as nvarchar(max))
ELSE
CAST(
N''
as nvarchar(max))
END
+
-------------------- DROP IS Exists --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE WHEN @GenerateDropIfItExists = 1
THEN
--Drop table if exists
CAST(
N'IF OBJECT_ID(''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''',''U'') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N';' + @CR
as nvarchar(max))
+ @CR
ELSE N'' END
+
-------------------- DROP IS Exists --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 and @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1 THEN
N'RAISERROR(''DROP CONSTRAINTS OF %s'',10,1, ''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''') WITH NOWAIT;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END) as nvarchar(max))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1
THEN
--Drop foreign keys
ISNULL(((
SELECT
CAST(
N'ALTER TABLE ' + quotename(s.name) + N'.' + quotename(t.name) + N' DROP CONSTRAINT ' + RTRIM(f.name) + N';' + @CR
as nvarchar(max))
FROM sys.tables t
INNER JOIN sys.foreign_keys f ON f.parent_object_id = t.object_id
INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = f.schema_id
WHERE f.referenced_object_id = @object_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'))
,N'') + @CR
ELSE N'' END
+
--------------------- CREATE TABLE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 THEN
N'RAISERROR(''CREATE TABLE %s'',10,1, ''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''') WITH NOWAIT;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END) as nvarchar(max))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateCreateTable = 1 THEN
CAST(
N'CREATE TABLE ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + @CR + N'(' + @CR + STUFF((
SELECT
CAST(
@TB + N',' + quotename(c.name) + N' ' + ISNULL(replicate(' ',@DataTypeSpacer - len(quotename(c.name))),'') --isnull(replicate) then len(quotename(c.name)) > @DataTypeSpacer
+
CASE WHEN c.is_computed = 1
THEN N' AS ' + cc.[definition]
ELSE UPPER(tp.name) +
CASE WHEN tp.name IN (N'varchar', N'char', N'varbinary', N'binary', N'text')
THEN N'(' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN N'MAX' ELSE CAST(c.max_length AS NVARCHAR(5)) END + N')'
WHEN tp.name IN (N'nvarchar', N'nchar', N'ntext')
THEN N'(' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN N'MAX' ELSE CAST(c.max_length / 2 AS NVARCHAR(5)) END + N')'
WHEN tp.name IN (N'datetime2', N'time2', N'datetimeoffset')
THEN N'(' + CAST(c.scale AS NVARCHAR(5)) + N')'
WHEN tp.name = N'decimal'
THEN N'(' + CAST(c.[precision] AS NVARCHAR(5)) + N',' + CAST(c.scale AS NVARCHAR(5)) + N')'
ELSE N''
END +
CASE WHEN c.collation_name IS NOT NULL and @GenerateCollation = 1 THEN N' COLLATE ' + c.collation_name ELSE N'' END +
CASE WHEN c.is_nullable = 1 THEN N' NULL' ELSE N' NOT NULL' END +
CASE WHEN dc.[definition] IS NOT NULL THEN CASE WHEN @GenerateConstraintNameOfDefaults = 1 THEN N' CONSTRAINT ' + quotename(dc.name) ELSE N'' END + N' DEFAULT' + dc.[definition] ELSE N'' END +
CASE WHEN ic.is_identity = 1 and @GenerateIdentity = 1 THEN N' IDENTITY(' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, N'0') AS NCHAR(1)) + N',' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.increment_value, N'1') AS NCHAR(1)) + N')' ELSE N'' END
END + @CR
AS nvarchar(Max))
FROM sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT)
INNER JOIN sys.types tp WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.user_type_id = tp.user_type_id
LEFT JOIN sys.computed_columns cc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = cc.[object_id] AND c.column_id = cc.column_id
LEFT JOIN sys.default_constraints dc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.default_object_id != 0 AND c.[object_id] = dc.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = dc.parent_column_id
LEFT JOIN sys.identity_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.is_identity = 1 AND c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id] AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE c.[object_id] = @object_id
ORDER BY c.column_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, @TB + N' ')
as nvarchar(max))
ELSE
CAST('' as nvarchar(max))
end
+
---------------------- Key Constraints ----------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
case when @GenerateKeyConstraints <> 1 THEN N'' ELSE
ISNULL((SELECT @TB + N', CONSTRAINT ' + quotename(k.name) + N' PRIMARY KEY ' + ISNULL(kidx.type_desc, N'') + N'(' +
(SELECT STUFF((
SELECT N', ' + quotename(c.name) + N' ' + CASE WHEN ic.is_descending_key = 1 THEN N'DESC' ELSE N'ASC' END
FROM sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id] AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE ic.is_included_column = 0
AND ic.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id
AND ic.index_id = k.unique_index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, N''))
+ N')' + @CR
FROM sys.key_constraints k WITH (NOWAIT) LEFT JOIN sys.indexes kidx ON
k.parent_object_id = kidx.object_id and k.unique_index_id = kidx.index_id
WHERE k.parent_object_id = @object_id
AND k.[type] = N'PK'), N'') + N')' + @CR
END
as nvarchar(max))
+
CAST(
CASE
WHEN
@GenerateDataCompressionOptions = 1
AND
(SELECT top 1 data_compression_desc from sys.partitions where object_ID = @object_id and index_id = 1) <> N'NONE'
THEN
N'WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION=' + (SELECT top 1 data_compression_desc from sys.partitions where object_ID = @object_id and index_id = 1) + N')' + @CR
ELSE
N'' + @CR
END as nvarchar(max))
+
--------------------- FOREIGN KEYS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 and @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1 THEN
N'RAISERROR(''CREATING FK OF %s'',10,1, ''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''') WITH NOWAIT;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END) as nvarchar(max))
+
CAST(
ISNULL((SELECT (
SELECT @CR +
N'ALTER TABLE ' + + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + + N' WITH'
+ CASE WHEN fk.is_not_trusted = 1
THEN N' NOCHECK'
ELSE N' CHECK'
END +
N' ADD CONSTRAINT ' + quotename(fk.name) + N' FOREIGN KEY('
+ STUFF((
SELECT N', ' + quotename(k.cname) + N''
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, N'')
+ N')' +
N' REFERENCES ' + quotename(SCHEMA_NAME(ro.[schema_id])) + N'.' + quotename(ro.name) + N' ('
+ STUFF((
SELECT N', ' + quotename(k.rcname) + N''
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, N'')
+ N')'
+ CASE
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 1 THEN N' ON DELETE CASCADE'
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 2 THEN N' ON DELETE SET NULL'
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 3 THEN N' ON DELETE SET DEFAULT'
ELSE N''
END
+ CASE
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 1 THEN N' ON UPDATE CASCADE'
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 2 THEN N' ON UPDATE SET NULL'
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 3 THEN N' ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT'
ELSE N''
END
+ @CR + N'ALTER TABLE ' + + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + + N' CHECK CONSTRAINT ' + quotename(fk.name) + N'' + @CR
FROM sys.foreign_keys fk WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN sys.objects ro WITH (NOWAIT) ON ro.[object_id] = fk.referenced_object_id
WHERE fk.parent_object_id = @object_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)')), N'')
as nvarchar(max))
+
--------------------- INDEXES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 and @GenerateIndexes = 1 THEN
N'RAISERROR(''CREATING INDEXES OF %s'',10,1, ''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''') WITH NOWAIT;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END) as nvarchar(max))
+
case when @GenerateIndexes = 1 THEN
CAST(
ISNULL(((SELECT
@CR + N'CREATE' + CASE WHEN i.is_unique = 1 THEN N' UNIQUE ' ELSE N' ' END
+ i.type_desc + N' INDEX ' + quotename(i.name) + N' ON ' + + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + + N' (' +
STUFF((
SELECT N', ' + quotename(c.name) + N'' + CASE WHEN c.is_descending_key = 1 THEN N' DESC' ELSE N' ASC' END
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 0
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, N'') + N')'
+ ISNULL(@CR + N'INCLUDE (' +
STUFF((
SELECT N', ' + quotename(c.name) + N''
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 1
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, N'') + N')', N'') + @CR
FROM sys.indexes i WITH (NOWAIT)
WHERE i.[object_id] = @object_id
AND i.is_primary_key = 0
AND i.[type] in (1,2)
and @GenerateIndexes = 1
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
), N'')
as nvarchar(max))
ELSE
CAST(N'' as nvarchar(max))
END
+
------------------------ @GenerateDelete ----------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 and @GenerateDelete = 1 THEN
N'RAISERROR(''TRUNCATING %s'',10,1, ''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''') WITH NOWAIT;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END) as nvarchar(max))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateDelete = 1 THEN
CAST(
(CASE WHEN exists (SELECT * FROM sys.foreign_keys WHERE referenced_object_id = @object_id) THEN
N'DELETE FROM ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N';' + @CR
ELSE
N'TRUNCATE TABLE ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N';' + @CR
END)
AS NVARCHAR(max))
ELSE
CAST(N'' as nvarchar(max))
END
+
------------------------- @GenerateInsertInto ----------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 and @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1 THEN
N'RAISERROR(''INSERTING INTO %s'',10,1, ''' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N''') WITH NOWAIT;' + @CR
ELSE N'' END) as nvarchar(max))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateInsertInto = 1
THEN
CAST(
CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * from sys.columns c where c.[object_id] = @object_id and is_identity = 1) AND @GenerateIdentityInsert = 1 THEN
N'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N' ON;' + @CR
ELSE
CAST('' AS nvarchar(max))
END
+
N'INSERT INTO ' + QUOTENAME(@TargetDatabase) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N'('
+ @CR
+
(
@TB + N' ' + SUBSTRING(
(
SELECT @TB + ','+ quotename(Name) + @CR
from sys.columns c
where
c.[object_id] = @object_id
AND system_type_ID <> 189 /*timestamp*/
AND is_computed = 0
and (is_identity = 0 or @GenerateIdentityInsert in (0,1))
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
,3,99999)
)
+ N')' + @CR + N'SELECT '
+ @CR
+
(
@TB + N' ' + SUBSTRING(
(
SELECT @TB + ','+ quotename(Name) + @CR
FROM sys.columns c
WHERE c.[object_id] = @object_id
and system_type_ID <> 189 /*timestamp*/
and is_computed = 0
and (is_identity = 0 or @GenerateIdentityInsert in (0,1))
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
,3,99999)
)
+ N'FROM ' + @SourceDatabase + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id))
+ N';' + @CR
+ CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * from sys.columns c where c.[object_id] = @object_id and is_identity = 1) AND @GenerateIdentityInsert = 1 THEN
N'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + quotename(OBJECT_schema_name(@object_id)) + N'.' + quotename(OBJECT_NAME(@object_id)) + N' OFF;'+ @CR
ELSE
CAST('' AS nvarchar(max))
END
as nvarchar(max))
ELSE
CAST(
N''
as nvarchar(max))
END
+
-------------------- USE TRANSACTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @UseTransaction = 1
THEN
@CR + N'COMMIT TRAN; '
+ @CR + N'END TRY'
+ @CR + N'BEGIN CATCH'
+ @CR + N' IF XACT_STATE() IN (-1,1)'
+ @CR + N' ROLLBACK TRAN;'
+ @CR + N''
+ @CR + N' SELECT ERROR_NUMBER() AS ErrorNumber '
+ @CR + N' ,ERROR_SEVERITY() AS ErrorSeverity '
+ @CR + N' ,ERROR_STATE() AS ErrorState '
+ @CR + N' ,ERROR_PROCEDURE() AS ErrorProcedure '
+ @CR + N' ,ERROR_LINE() AS ErrorLine '
+ @CR + N' ,ERROR_MESSAGE() AS ErrorMessage; '
+ @CR + N'END CATCH'
ELSE N'' END
as nvarchar(max))
--print is limited to 4000 chars, if necessary, I use multiple print
--to maintain the consistency of the script, I split near the closest CrLF to the max chunk size
DECLARE @i int = 1;
DECLARE @maxChunk integer = 3990;
DECLARE @len integer = @maxChunk;
WHILE @i < len(@SQL)
BEGIN
IF len(@SQL) > (@i + @len)
set @len = len(substring(@SQL, @i, @maxChunk)) - CHARINDEX(@CR, reverse(substring(@SQL, @i, @len))) + 1
PRINT substring(@SQL, @i, @len)
set @i = @i + @len
set @len = @maxChunk
END
--SELECT datalength(@SQL), @sql
--EXEC sys.sp_executesql @SQL
goto backFromCreateScript;
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I'm getting an Invalid object error when I try to run this - `Invalid object name 'sys.Tables'.` Any ideas? – Nick Mar 21 '19 at 17:19
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@Nick: sys.tables exists was introduces in SQL Server 2008. What version of SQL Server are you using? Can you execute "SELECT * from sys.tables" ? Have you tried to execute the version of the script written by DevArt? Do you have the same error? – ildanny Mar 24 '19 at 09:08
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I am using SQL Server 2014, and no I can not execute `SELECT * FROM SYS.TABLES` I receive the same Invalid object name error as above. – Nick Mar 25 '19 at 16:19
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1"SELECT * from sys.tables" is different from "SELECT * FROM SYS.TABLES". It was meant to check the database collation. Are you using a CS (case sensitive) database collation? Are you logged in as dbo? Is it possible that the compatibility level of your database is SQL Server 2005 (sys.tables exists starting from 2008)? – ildanny Mar 26 '19 at 11:36
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1@Nick: I updated my script and changed sys.Tables to sys.table, let me know if you still have the problem. Thanks for your feedback :) – ildanny Mar 26 '19 at 11:40
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Great script! I ran into a small issue because LEN doesn't count trailing spaces. Using len(mystring + 'X') - 1 fixes that. Also, in the print statement I found I needed to take @len - 1 as the length of the substring in order to NOT take the CR character, since Print inserts its own CR. – user756366 Jun 08 '22 at 22:16
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I also had to change the following line to change CAST to TRY_CAST and wrap in ISNULL to avoid occasional "Arithmetic overflow converting expression to datatype nvarchar" errors: CASE WHEN ic.is_identity = 1 and @GenerateIdentity = 1 THEN N' IDENTITY(' + ISNULL(TRY_CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, N'0') AS NCHAR(1)),0) + N',' + ISNULL(TRY_CAST(ISNULL(ic.increment_value, N'1') AS NCHAR(1)), 0) + N')' ELSE N'' END – user756366 Jun 09 '22 at 17:50
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I also changed the computed column definition to include the PERSISTED property: THEN N' AS ' + cc.[definition] + CASE WHEN cc.is_persisted = 1 THEN 'PERSISTED' ELSE '' END – user756366 Jun 10 '22 at 18:38
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"Easiest way is to use the built-in feature of SQL Management Studio" but... I have resolved it with a function and a couple of procedures. For example, to obtain the create table for a table named 'table_name', you have to execute just the procedure called sp_ppinScriptTabla:
Exec sp_ppinScriptTabla 'table_name'
Here is the tsql script code:
Use Master
GO
Create Function sp_ppinTipoLongitud
(
@xtype int,
@length int,
@isnullable int
)
Returns Varchar(512)
As
Begin
-- Función que a partir de un tipo de datos y una logitud, devuelve el texto del tipo.
-- Por ejemplo: para xtype=varchar y length=10 devolverá "varchar(10)"
Declare @ret varchar(512)
Set @ret = ''
Select @ret = t.name +
Case When name in ('varchar', 'nvarchar', 'char', 'nchar') Then '(' + Convert(varchar, @length) + ')' Else '' End + ' ' +
Case @isnullable When 1 Then 'NULL' Else 'NOT NULL' End
From systypes t
Where t.xtype = @xtype
Return @ret
End
GO
Create Procedure sp_ppinScriptLlavesForaneas
(
@vchTabla sysname,
@vchResultado varchar(8000) output
)
AS
Begin
DECLARE @tmpFK table(
TablaF sysname,
TablaR sysname,
ColF sysname,
ColR sysname,
FKName sysname)
-- obtengo las llaves foraneas en @vchForeign
Declare @vchForeign varchar(8000), @FKName sysname, @vchColumnasF varchar(4000), @vchColumnasR varchar(4000), @ColF sysname, @ColR sysname
Declare @vchTemp varchar(1000), @TablaR sysname
Insert into @tmpFK
Select TablaF.name AS TablaF, TablaR.name AS TablaR, ColF.name AS ColF, ColR.name AS ColR, ofk.name AS FKName
From sysforeignkeys fk, sysobjects ofk, sysobjects TablaF, sysobjects TablaR,
syscolumns ColF, syscolumns ColR
Where TablaF.name = @vchTabla
And ofk.id = fk.constid
And TablaF.id = fk.fkeyid
And TablaR.id = fk.rkeyid
And ColF.id = TablaF.id And ColF.colid = fk.fkey
And ColR.id = TablaR.id And ColR.colid = fk.rkey
order by FKName
Set @vchForeign = ''
While Exists ( Select * From @tmpFK )
Begin
Select Top 1 @FKName = FKName From @tmpFK
Set @vchColumnasF = ''
Set @vchColumnasR = ''
While Exists ( Select * From @tmpFK Where FKName = @FKName )
Begin
Select Top 1 @ColF = ColF, @ColR = ColR, @TablaR = TablaR From @tmpFK Where FKName = @FKName
Delete From @tmpFK Where ColF = @ColF And ColR = @ColR And TablaR = @TablaR And FKName = @FKName
Set @vchColumnasF = @vchColumnasF + @ColF + ', '
Set @vchColumnasR = @vchColumnasR + @ColR + ', '
End
Set @vchColumnasF = LEFT(@vchColumnasF, LEN(@vchColumnasF) - 1)
Set @vchColumnasR = LEFT(@vchColumnasR, LEN(@vchColumnasR) - 1)
Set @vchTemp = 'Constraint ' + @FKName + ' Foreign Key (' + @vchColumnasF + ') '
Set @vchTemp = @vchTemp + 'References ' + @TablaR + ' (' + @vchColumnasR + ')'
Set @vchForeign = @vchForeign + char(9) + @vchTemp + ',' + char(13)
End
Select @vchResultado = Case When Len(@vchForeign) >=2 Then Left(@vchForeign, Len(@vchForeign) - 2) Else @vchForeign End
End
GO
Create Procedure sp_ppinScriptTabla
(
@vchTabla sysname
)
AS
Set nocount on
-- Obtengo las foreign keys
Declare @foreign varchar(8000)
Exec sp_ppinScriptLlavesForaneas @vchTabla, @foreign output
-- SELECT que devuelve el script de Create Table de la tabla
Select 'Create ' +
Case o.xtype When 'U' Then 'Table' When 'P' Then 'Procedure' Else '??' End + ' ' +
@vchTabla + char(13) + '('
From sysobjects o
Where o.name = @vchTabla
Union all
-- Campos + identitys + DEFAULTS
select char(9) + c.name + ' ' + -- Nombre
dbo.sp_ppinTipoLongitud(t.xtype, c.length, c.isnullable) + -- Tipo(longitud)
Case When c.colstat & 1 = 1 -- Identity (si aplica)
Then ' Identity(' + convert(varchar, ident_seed(@vchTabla)) + ',' + Convert(varchar, ident_incr(@vchTabla)) + ')'
Else ''
End +
Case When not od.name is null -- Defaults (si aplica)
Then ' Constraint ' + od.name + ' Default ' + replace(replace(cd.text, '((', '('), '))', ')')
Else ''
End + ', '
from sysobjects o, syscolumns c
LEFT OUTER JOIN sysobjects od On od.id = c.cdefault LEFT OUTER join syscomments cd On cd.id = od.id,
systypes t
where o.id = object_id(@vchTabla)
and o.id = c.id
and c.xtype = t.xtype
Union all
-- Primary Keys y Unique keys
select char(9) + 'Constraint ' + o.name + ' ' +
Case o.xtype When 'PK' Then 'Primary Key' Else 'Unique' End + ' ' +
dbo.sp_ppinCamposIndice (db_name(), @vchTabla, i.indid) + ', '
from sysobjects o, sysindexes i
where o.parent_obj = object_id(@vchTabla)
and o.xtype in ('PK','UQ')
and i.id = o.parent_obj
and o.name = i.name
Union all
-- Check constraints
select char(9) + 'Constraint ' + o.name + ' Check ' + c.text + ', '
from sysobjects o, syscomments c
where o.parent_obj = object_id(@vchTabla)
and o.xtype in ('C')
and o.id = c.id
Union all
-- Foreign keys
Select @foreign
Union all
Select ')'
Set nocount off
GO
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https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/script-create-table-script-from-linked-server
For Linked Servers - on SQL Server - following works great -
SELECT *
INTO MyNewTable
FROM MyLinkedServer.DatabaseName.dbo.TargetTable
WHERE 1 = 0
--no data transferred, but the table gets built.
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1Great solution! However you have to take care of PK (and other constraints) manually. – Marko Juvančič Dec 29 '21 at 12:31
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Yes. Had to search and use this way because otherwise there was no way that I was going to manually create the table. I think it had more than 50 columns :). – RedBottleSanitizer Dec 30 '21 at 14:03
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https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/script-create-table-script-from-linked-server did an excellent job by posting the solution online. – RedBottleSanitizer Dec 30 '21 at 14:04
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Here's a slight variation on @Devart 's answer so you can get the CREATE script for a temp table.
Please note that since the @SQL variable is an NVARCHAR(MAX) data type you might not be able to copy it from the result using just only SSMS. Please see this question to see how to get the full value of a MAX field.
DECLARE @temptable_objectid INT = OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Temp');
DECLARE
@object_name SYSNAME
, @object_id INT
SELECT
@object_name = '[' + s.name + '].[' + o.name + ']'
, @object_id = o.[object_id]
FROM tempdb.sys.objects o WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN tempdb.sys.schemas s WITH (NOWAIT) ON o.[schema_id] = s.[schema_id]
WHERE object_id = @temptable_objectid
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''
;WITH index_column AS
(
SELECT
ic.[object_id]
, ic.index_id
, ic.is_descending_key
, ic.is_included_column
, c.name
FROM tempdb.sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN tempdb.sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON ic.[object_id] = c.[object_id] AND ic.column_id = c.column_id
WHERE ic.[object_id] = @object_id
),
fk_columns AS
(
SELECT
k.constraint_object_id
, cname = c.name
, rcname = rc.name
FROM tempdb.sys.foreign_key_columns k WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN tempdb.sys.columns rc WITH (NOWAIT) ON rc.[object_id] = k.referenced_object_id AND rc.column_id = k.referenced_column_id
JOIN tempdb.sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = k.parent_column_id
WHERE k.parent_object_id = @object_id
)
SELECT @SQL = 'CREATE TABLE ' + @object_name + CHAR(13) + '(' + CHAR(13) + STUFF((
SELECT CHAR(9) + ', [' + c.name + '] ' +
CASE WHEN c.is_computed = 1
THEN 'AS ' + cc.[definition]
ELSE UPPER(tp.name) +
CASE WHEN tp.name IN ('varchar', 'char', 'varbinary', 'binary', 'text')
THEN '(' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN 'MAX' ELSE CAST(c.max_length AS VARCHAR(5)) END + ')'
WHEN tp.name IN ('nvarchar', 'nchar', 'ntext')
THEN '(' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN 'MAX' ELSE CAST(c.max_length / 2 AS VARCHAR(5)) END + ')'
WHEN tp.name IN ('datetime2', 'time2', 'datetimeoffset')
THEN '(' + CAST(c.scale AS VARCHAR(5)) + ')'
WHEN tp.name = 'decimal'
THEN '(' + CAST(c.[precision] AS VARCHAR(5)) + ',' + CAST(c.scale AS VARCHAR(5)) + ')'
ELSE ''
END +
CASE WHEN c.collation_name IS NOT NULL THEN ' COLLATE ' + c.collation_name ELSE '' END +
CASE WHEN c.is_nullable = 1 THEN ' NULL' ELSE ' NOT NULL' END +
CASE WHEN dc.[definition] IS NOT NULL THEN ' DEFAULT' + dc.[definition] ELSE '' END +
CASE WHEN ic.is_identity = 1 THEN ' IDENTITY(' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, '0') AS CHAR(1)) + ',' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.increment_value, '1') AS CHAR(1)) + ')' ELSE '' END
END + CHAR(13)
FROM tempdb.sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN tempdb.sys.types tp WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.user_type_id = tp.user_type_id
LEFT JOIN tempdb.sys.computed_columns cc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = cc.[object_id] AND c.column_id = cc.column_id
LEFT JOIN tempdb.sys.default_constraints dc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.default_object_id != 0 AND c.[object_id] = dc.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = dc.parent_column_id
LEFT JOIN tempdb.sys.identity_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.is_identity = 1 AND c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id] AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE c.[object_id] = @object_id
ORDER BY c.column_id
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, CHAR(9) + ' ')
+ ISNULL((SELECT CHAR(9) + ', CONSTRAINT [' + k.name + '] PRIMARY KEY (' +
(SELECT STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + c.name + '] ' + CASE WHEN ic.is_descending_key = 1 THEN 'DESC' ELSE 'ASC' END
FROM tempdb.sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN tempdb.sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id] AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE ic.is_included_column = 0
AND ic.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id
AND ic.index_id = k.unique_index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, ''))
+ ')' + CHAR(13)
FROM tempdb.sys.key_constraints k WITH (NOWAIT)
WHERE k.parent_object_id = @object_id
AND k.[type] = 'PK'), '') + ')' + CHAR(13)
+ ISNULL((SELECT (
SELECT CHAR(13) +
'ALTER TABLE ' + @object_name + ' WITH'
+ CASE WHEN fk.is_not_trusted = 1
THEN ' NOCHECK'
ELSE ' CHECK'
END +
' ADD CONSTRAINT [' + fk.name + '] FOREIGN KEY('
+ STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + k.cname + ']'
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '')
+ ')' +
' REFERENCES [' + SCHEMA_NAME(ro.[schema_id]) + '].[' + ro.name + '] ('
+ STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + k.rcname + ']'
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '')
+ ')'
+ CASE
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 1 THEN ' ON DELETE CASCADE'
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 2 THEN ' ON DELETE SET NULL'
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 3 THEN ' ON DELETE SET DEFAULT'
ELSE ''
END
+ CASE
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 1 THEN ' ON UPDATE CASCADE'
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 2 THEN ' ON UPDATE SET NULL'
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 3 THEN ' ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT'
ELSE ''
END
+ CHAR(13) + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @object_name + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT [' + fk.name + ']' + CHAR(13)
FROM tempdb.sys.foreign_keys fk WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN tempdb.sys.objects ro WITH (NOWAIT) ON ro.[object_id] = fk.referenced_object_id
WHERE fk.parent_object_id = @object_id
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')), '')
+ ISNULL(((SELECT
CHAR(13) + 'CREATE' + CASE WHEN i.is_unique = 1 THEN ' UNIQUE' ELSE '' END
+ ' NONCLUSTERED INDEX [' + i.name + '] ON ' + @object_name + ' (' +
STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + c.name + ']' + CASE WHEN c.is_descending_key = 1 THEN ' DESC' ELSE ' ASC' END
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 0
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '') + ')'
+ ISNULL(CHAR(13) + 'INCLUDE (' +
STUFF((
SELECT ', [' + c.name + ']'
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 1
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 2, '') + ')', '') + CHAR(13)
FROM tempdb.sys.indexes i WITH (NOWAIT)
WHERE i.[object_id] = @object_id
AND i.is_primary_key = 0
AND i.[type] = 2
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
), '')
SELECT @SQL
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See my answer in this Question : How to generate create script of table using SQL query in SQL Server
Use this query :
DROP FUNCTION [dbo].[Get_Table_Script]
Go
Create Function Get_Table_Script
(
@vsTableName varchar(50)
)
Returns
VarChar(Max)
With ENCRYPTION
Begin
Declare @ScriptCommand varchar(Max)
Select @ScriptCommand =
' Create Table [' + SO.name + '] (' + o.list + ')'
+
(
Case
When TC.Constraint_Name IS NULL
Then ''
Else 'ALTER TABLE ' + SO.Name + ' ADD CONSTRAINT ' +
TC.Constraint_Name + ' PRIMARY KEY ' + ' (' + LEFT(j.List, Len(j.List)-1) + ')'
End
)
From sysobjects As SO
Cross Apply
(
Select
' [' + column_name + '] ' +
data_type +
(
Case data_type
When 'sql_variant'
Then ''
When 'text'
Then ''
When 'decimal'
Then '(' + Cast( numeric_precision_radix As varchar ) + ', ' + Cast( numeric_scale As varchar ) + ') '
Else Coalesce( '(' +
Case
When character_maximum_length = -1
Then 'MAX'
Else Cast( character_maximum_length As VarChar )
End + ')' , ''
)
End
)
+ ' ' +
(
Case
When Exists (
Select id
From syscolumns
Where
( object_name(id) = SO.name )
And
( name = column_name )
And
( columnproperty(id,name,'IsIdentity') = 1 )
)
Then 'IDENTITY(' +
Cast( ident_seed(SO.name) As varchar ) + ',' +
Cast( ident_incr(SO.name) As varchar ) + ')'
Else ''
End
) + ' ' +
(
Case
When IS_NULLABLE = 'No'
Then 'NOT '
Else ''
End
) + 'NULL ' +
(
Case
When information_schema.columns.COLUMN_DEFAULT IS NOT NULL
Then 'DEFAULT ' + information_schema.columns.COLUMN_DEFAULT
ELse ''
End
) + ', '
From information_schema.columns
Where
( table_name = SO.name )
Order by ordinal_position
FOR XML PATH('')) o (list)
Inner Join information_schema.table_constraints As TC On (
( TC.Table_name = SO.Name )
AND
( TC.Constraint_Type = 'PRIMARY KEY' )
And
( TC.TABLE_NAME = @vsTableName )
)
Cross Apply
(
Select '[' + Column_Name + '], '
From information_schema.key_column_usage As kcu
Where
( kcu.Constraint_Name = TC.Constraint_Name )
Order By ORDINAL_POSITION
FOR XML PATH('')
) As j (list)
Where
( xtype = 'U' )
AND
( Name NOT IN ('dtproperties') )
Return @ScriptCommand
End
And you can fire this Function like this :
Select [dbo].Get_Table_Script '<Your_Table_Name>'
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Expanding on @Devart and @ildanny solutions...
I had the need to run this for ALL tables in a db and also to execute the code against Linked Servers.
All tables...
/*
Ex.
EXEC etl.GetTableDefinitions '{friendlyname}', '{DatabaseName}', 'All', 0, NULL;
EXEC etl.GetTableDefinitions '{friendlyname}', '{DatabaseName}', 'dbo', 0, NULL;
EXEC etl.GetTableDefinitions '{friendlyname}', '{DatabaseName}', 'All', 1, '{linkedservername}';
*/
CREATE PROCEDURE etl.GetTableDefinitions
(
@SystemName NVARCHAR(128)
, @DatabaseName NVARCHAR(128)
, @SchemaName NVARCHAR(128)
, @linkedserver BIT
, @linkedservername NVARCHAR(128)
)
AS
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';
DECLARE @sql1 NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';
DECLARE @inSchemaName NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';
SELECT @inSchemaName = CASE WHEN @SchemaName = N'All' THEN N's.[name]' ELSE '''' + @SchemaName + '''' END;
IF @linkedserver = 0
BEGIN
SELECT @sql = N'
SET NOCOUNT ON;
--- options ---
DECLARE @UseTransaction BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateUseDatabase BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateFKs BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateIdentity BIT = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateCollation BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateCreateTable BIT = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateIndexes BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateConstraints BIT = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateKeyConstraints BIT = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateConstraintNameOfDefaults BIT = 1;
DECLARE @GenerateDropIfItExists BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateDropFKIfItExists BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateDelete BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateInsertInto BIT = 0;
DECLARE @GenerateIdentityInsert INT = 0; --0 ignore set,but add column; 1 generate; 2 ignore set AND column
DECLARE @GenerateSetNoCount INT = 0; --0 ignore set,1=set on, 2=set off
DECLARE @GenerateMessages BIT = 0; --print with no wait
DECLARE @GenerateDataCompressionOptions BIT = 0; --TODO: generates the compression option only of the TABLE, not the indexes
--NB: the compression options reflects the design VALUE.
--The actual compression of a the page is saved here
--- variables ---
DECLARE @DataTypeSpacer INT = 1; --this is just to improve the formatting of the script ...
DECLARE @name SYSNAME;
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'''';
DECLARE @int INT = 1;
DECLARE @maxint INT;
DECLARE @SourceDatabase NVARCHAR(MAX) = N''' + @DatabaseName + '''; --this is used by the INSERT
DECLARE @TargetDatabase NVARCHAR(MAX) = N''' + @DatabaseName + '''; --this is used by the INSERT AND USE <DBName>
DECLARE @cr NVARCHAR(20) = NCHAR(13);
DECLARE @tab NVARCHAR(20) = NCHAR(9);
DECLARE @Tables TABLE
(
id INT IDENTITY(1,1)
, [name] SYSNAME
, [object_id] INT
, [database_id] SMALLINT
);
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @Tables([name], [object_id], [database_id])
SELECT s.[name] + N''.'' + t.[name] AS [name]
, t.[object_id]
, DB_ID(''' + @DatabaseName + ''') AS [database_id]
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.tables t
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.schemas s ON t.[schema_id] = s.[schema_id]
WHERE t.[name] NOT IN (''Tally'',''LOC_AND_SEG_CAP1'',''LOC_AND_SEG_CAP2'',''LOC_AND_SEG_CAP3'',''LOC_AND_SEG_CAP4'',''TableNames'')
AND s.[name] = ' + @inSchemaName + '
ORDER BY s.[name], t.[name];
SELECT @maxint = COUNT(0)
FROM @Tables;
WHILE @int <= @maxint
BEGIN
;WITH
index_column AS
(
SELECT ic.[object_id]
, OBJECT_NAME(ic.[object_id], DB_ID(N''' + @DatabaseName + ''')) AS ObjectName
, ic.index_id
, ic.is_descending_key
, ic.is_included_column
, c.[name]
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOLOCK)
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c WITH (NOLOCK) ON ic.[object_id] = c.[object_id]
AND ic.column_id = c.column_id
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.tables t ON c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
)
, fk_columns AS
(
SELECT k.constraint_object_id
, cname = c.[name]
, rcname = rc.[name]
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.foreign_key_columns k WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns rc WITH (NOWAIT) ON rc.[object_id] = k.referenced_object_id
AND rc.column_id = k.referenced_column_id
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id
AND c.column_id = k.parent_column_id
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.tables t ON c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
WHERE @GenerateFKs = 1
)
SELECT @sql = @sql +
-------------------- USE DATABASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @GenerateUseDatabase = 1
THEN N''USE '' + @TargetDatabase + N'';'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END
AS NVARCHAR(200))
+
-------------------- SET NOCOUNT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE @GenerateSetNoCount
WHEN 1 THEN N''SET NOCOUNT ON;'' + @cr
WHEN 2 THEN N''SET NOCOUNT OFF;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
-------------------- USE TRANSACTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @UseTransaction = 1
THEN
N''SET XACT_ABORT ON'' + @cr
+ N''BEGIN TRY'' + @cr
+ N''BEGIN TRAN'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
-------------------- DROP SYNONYM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE WHEN @GenerateDropIfItExists = 1
THEN CAST(N''IF OBJECT_ID('''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''',''''SN'''') IS NOT NULL DROP SYNONYM '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'';'' + @cr AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
ELSE CAST(N'''' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) END
+
-------------------- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE WHEN @GenerateDropIfItExists = 1
THEN
--Drop TABLE if EXISTS
CAST(N''IF OBJECT_ID('''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''',''''U'''') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'';'' + @cr AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+ @cr
ELSE N'''' END
+
-------------------- DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 AND @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1 THEN
N''RAISERROR(''''DROP CONSTRAINTS OF %s'''',10,1, '''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''') WITH NOWAIT;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1
THEN
--Drop foreign keys
ISNULL(((
SELECT
CAST(
N''ALTER TABLE '' + QUOTENAME(s.[name]) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(t.[name]) + N'' DROP CONSTRAINT '' + RTRIM(f.[name]) + N'';'' + @cr
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.tables t
INNER JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.foreign_keys f ON f.parent_object_id = t.[object_id]
INNER JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.schemas s ON s.[schema_id] = f.[schema_id]
WHERE f.referenced_object_id = t.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''))
, N'''') + @cr
ELSE N'''' END
+
--------------------- CREATE TABLE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 THEN
N''RAISERROR(''''CREATE TABLE %s'''',10,1, '''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''') WITH NOWAIT;'' + @cr
ELSE CAST(N'''' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) END) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateCreateTable = 1 THEN
CAST(
N''CREATE TABLE '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + @cr + N''('' + @cr + STUFF((
SELECT
CAST(
@tab + N'','' + QUOTENAME(c.[name]) + N'' '' + ISNULL(REPLICATE('' '',@DataTypeSpacer - LEN(QUOTENAME(c.[name]))),'''')
+
CASE WHEN c.is_computed = 1
THEN N'' AS '' + cc.[definition]
ELSE UPPER(tp.[name]) +
CASE WHEN tp.[name] IN (N''varchar'', N''char'', N''varbinary'', N''binary'', N''text'')
THEN N''('' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN N''MAX'' ELSE CAST(c.max_length AS NVARCHAR(5)) END + N'')''
WHEN tp.[name] IN (N''NVARCHAR'', N''nchar'', N''ntext'')
THEN N''('' + CASE WHEN c.max_length = -1 THEN N''MAX'' ELSE CAST(c.max_length / 2 AS NVARCHAR(5)) END + N'')''
WHEN tp.[name] IN (N''datetime2'', N''time2'', N''datetimeoffset'')
THEN N''('' + CAST(c.scale AS NVARCHAR(5)) + N'')''
WHEN tp.[name] = N''decimal''
THEN N''('' + CAST(c.[precision] AS NVARCHAR(5)) + N'','' + CAST(c.scale AS NVARCHAR(5)) + N'')''
ELSE N''''
END +
CASE WHEN c.collation_name IS NOT NULL AND @GenerateCollation = 1 THEN N'' COLLATE '' + c.collation_name ELSE N'''' END +
CASE WHEN c.is_nullable = 1 THEN N'' NULL'' ELSE N'' NOT NULL'' END +
CASE WHEN dc.[definition] IS NOT NULL THEN CASE WHEN @GenerateConstraintNameOfDefaults = 1 THEN N'' CONSTRAINT '' + QUOTENAME(dc.[name]) ELSE N'''' END + N'' DEFAULT'' + dc.[definition] ELSE N'''' END +
CASE WHEN ic.is_identity = 1 AND @GenerateIdentity = 1 THEN N'' IDENTITY('' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, N''0'') AS NCHAR(1)) + N'','' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.increment_value, N''1'') AS NCHAR(1)) + N'')'' ELSE N'''' END
END + @cr
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT)
INNER JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.types tp WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.user_type_id = tp.user_type_id
LEFT JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.computed_columns cc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = cc.[object_id]
AND c.column_id = cc.column_id
LEFT JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.default_constraints dc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.default_object_id != 0
AND c.[object_id] = dc.parent_object_id
AND c.column_id = dc.parent_column_id
LEFT JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.identity_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.is_identity = 1
AND c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id]
AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
ORDER BY c.column_id
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''), 1, 2, @tab + N'' '') AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
ELSE CAST(N'''' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) END
+
---------------------- Key Constraints ----------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @GenerateKeyConstraints <> 1 THEN N''''
ELSE
ISNULL((SELECT @tab + N'', CONSTRAINT '' + QUOTENAME(k.[name]) + N'' PRIMARY KEY '' + ISNULL(kidx.[type_desc], N'''') + N''('' +
(SELECT STUFF((
SELECT N'', '' + QUOTENAME(c.[name]) + N'' '' + CASE WHEN ic.is_descending_key = 1 THEN N''DESC'' ELSE N''ASC'' END
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.index_columns ic WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = ic.[object_id]
AND c.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE ic.is_included_column = 0
AND ic.[object_id] = k.parent_object_id
AND ic.index_id = k.unique_index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''), 1, 2, N''''))
+ N'')'' + @cr
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.key_constraints k WITH (NOWAIT)
LEFT JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.indexes kidx ON k.parent_object_id = kidx.[object_id]
AND k.unique_index_id = kidx.index_id
WHERE k.parent_object_id = t.[object_id]
AND k.[type] = N''PK''), N'''') + N'')'' + @cr
END
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CAST(
CASE
WHEN @GenerateDataCompressionOptions = 1 AND (SELECT TOP 1 data_compression_desc FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.partitions WHERE OBJECT_ID = t.[object_id] AND index_id = 1) <> N''NONE''
THEN N''WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION='' + (SELECT TOP 1 data_compression_desc FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.partitions WHERE OBJECT_ID = t.[object_id] AND index_id = 1) + N'')'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' + @cr
END AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
--------------------- FOREIGN KEYS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 AND @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1 THEN
N''RAISERROR(''''CREATING FK OF %s'''',10,1, '''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''') WITH NOWAIT;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CAST(
ISNULL((SELECT (
SELECT @cr +
N''ALTER TABLE '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'' WITH''
+ CASE WHEN fk.is_not_trusted = 1
THEN N'' NOCHECK''
ELSE N'' CHECK''
END +
N'' ADD CONSTRAINT '' + QUOTENAME(fk.[name]) + N'' FOREIGN KEY(''
+ STUFF((
SELECT N'', '' + QUOTENAME(k.cname) + N''''
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
AND fk.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''), 1, 2, N'''')
+ N'')'' +
N'' REFERENCES '' + QUOTENAME(SCHEMA_NAME(ro.[schema_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(ro.[name]) + N'' (''
+ STUFF((
SELECT N'', '' + QUOTENAME(k.rcname) + N''''
FROM fk_columns k
WHERE k.constraint_object_id = fk.[object_id]
AND fk.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''), 1, 2, N'''')
+ N'')''
+ CASE
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 1 THEN N'' ON DELETE CASCADE''
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 2 THEN N'' ON DELETE SET NULL''
WHEN fk.delete_referential_action = 3 THEN N'' ON DELETE SET DEFAULT''
ELSE N''''
END
+ CASE
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 1 THEN N'' ON UPDATE CASCADE''
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 2 THEN N'' ON UPDATE SET NULL''
WHEN fk.update_referential_action = 3 THEN N'' ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT''
ELSE N''''
END
+ @cr + N''ALTER TABLE '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'' CHECK CONSTRAINT '' + QUOTENAME(fk.[name]) + N'''' + @cr
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.foreign_keys fk WITH (NOWAIT)
JOIN [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.objects ro WITH (NOWAIT) ON ro.[object_id] = fk.referenced_object_id
WHERE fk.parent_object_id = t.[object_id]
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)'')), N'''')
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
--------------------- INDEXES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 AND @GenerateIndexes = 1 THEN
N''RAISERROR(''''CREATING INDEXES OF %s'''',10,1, '''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''') WITH NOWAIT;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateIndexes = 1 THEN
CAST(
ISNULL(((SELECT
@cr + N''CREATE'' + CASE WHEN i.is_unique = 1 THEN N'' UNIQUE '' ELSE N'' '' END
+ i.[type_desc] + N'' INDEX '' + QUOTENAME(i.[name]) + N'' ON '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'' ('' +
STUFF((
SELECT N'', '' + QUOTENAME(c.[name]) + N'''' + CASE WHEN c.is_descending_key = 1 THEN N'' DESC'' ELSE N'' ASC'' END
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 0
AND c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''), 1, 2, N'''') + N'')''
+ ISNULL(@cr + N''INCLUDE ('' +
STUFF((
SELECT N'', '' + QUOTENAME(c.[name]) + N''''
FROM index_column c
WHERE c.is_included_column = 1
AND c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
AND c.index_id = i.index_id
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)''), 1, 2, N'''') + N'')'', N'''') + @cr
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.indexes i WITH (NOWAIT)
WHERE i.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
AND i.is_primary_key = 0
AND i.[type] in (1,2)
AND @GenerateIndexes = 1
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)'')
), N'''')
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
ELSE N'''' END
+
------------------------ @GenerateDelete ----------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 AND @GenerateDelete = 1 THEN
N''RAISERROR(''''TRUNCATING %s'''',10,1, '''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''') WITH NOWAIT;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateDelete = 1 THEN
CAST(
(CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 [name] FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.foreign_keys WHERE referenced_object_id = t.[object_id]) THEN
N''DELETE FROM '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'';'' + @cr
ELSE
N''TRUNCATE TABLE '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'';'' + @cr
END)
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
ELSE N'''' END
+
------------------------- @GenerateInsertInto ----------------------------------------------------------
CAST((CASE WHEN @GenerateMessages = 1 AND @GenerateDropFKIfItExists = 1 THEN
N''RAISERROR(''''INSERTING INTO %s'''',10,1, '''''' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'''''') WITH NOWAIT;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
+
CASE WHEN @GenerateInsertInto = 1
THEN
CAST(
CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 c.[name] FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c WHERE c.[object_id] = t.[object_id] AND c.is_identity = 1) AND @GenerateIdentityInsert = 1 THEN
N''SET IDENTITY_INSERT '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'' ON;'' + @cr
ELSE N'''' END
+
N''INSERT INTO '' + QUOTENAME(@TargetDatabase) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''(''
+ @cr
+
(
@tab + N'' '' + SUBSTRING(
(
SELECT @tab + '',''+ QUOTENAME(c.[name]) + @cr
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c
WHERE c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
AND c.system_type_ID <> 189 /*timestamp*/
AND c.is_computed = 0
AND (c.is_identity = 0 or @GenerateIdentityInsert in (0,1))
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)'')
,3,99999)
)
+ N'')'' + @cr + N''SELECT ''
+ @cr
+
(
@tab + N'' '' + SUBSTRING(
(
SELECT @tab + '',''+ QUOTENAME(c.[name]) + @cr
FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c
WHERE c.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
AND c.system_type_ID <> 189 /*timestamp*/
AND c.is_computed = 0
AND (c.is_identity = 0 or @GenerateIdentityInsert in (0,1))
FOR XML PATH(N''''), TYPE).value(N''.'', N''NVARCHAR(MAX)'')
,3,99999)
)
+ N''FROM '' + @SourceDatabase + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id]))
+ N'';'' + @cr
+ CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 c.[name] FROM [' + @DatabaseName + '].sys.columns c WHERE c.[object_id] = t.[object_id] AND c.is_identity = 1) AND @GenerateIdentityInsert = 1 THEN
N''SET IDENTITY_INSERT '' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N''.'' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(t.[object_id], t.[database_id])) + N'' OFF;''+ @cr
ELSE N'''' END
AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
ELSE N'''' END
+
-------------------- USE TRANSACTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAST(
CASE WHEN @UseTransaction = 1
THEN
@cr + N''COMMIT TRAN; ''
+ @cr + N''END TRY''
+ @cr + N''BEGIN CATCH''
+ @cr + N'' IF XACT_STATE() IN (-1,1)''
+ @cr + N'' ROLLBACK TRAN;''
+ @cr + N''''
+ @cr + N'' SELECT ERROR_NUMBER() AS ErrorNumber ''
+ @cr + N'' ,ERROR_SEVERITY() AS ErrorSeverity ''
+ @cr + N'' ,ERROR_STATE() AS ErrorState ''
+ @cr + N'' ,ERROR_PROCEDURE() AS ErrorProcedure ''
+ @cr + N'' ,ERROR_LINE() AS ErrorLine ''
+ @cr + N'' ,ERROR_MESSAGE() AS ErrorMessage; ''
+ @cr + N''END CATCH''
ELSE N'''' END
AS NVARCHAR(700))
FROM @Tables t
WHERE ID = @int
ORDER BY [name];
SET @int = @int + 1;
END
EXEC [master].dbo.PrintMax @sql;
/* see below for PrintMax code*/
END'
EXEC (@sql);
END
ELSE
And the Linked Server bit...
BEGIN
SELECT @sql = N'EXECUTE (''
SET NOCOUNT ON;
BEGIN
... Same code but be sure to double up on your single quotes
END
... code for the printmax proc (not mine, @Ben B) because it may not exist at destination server
DECLARE @CurrentEnd BIGINT; /* track the length of the next substring */
DECLARE @offset TINYINT; /*tracks the amount of offset needed */
DECLARE @String NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET @String = REPLACE(REPLACE(@sql, CHAR(13) + CHAR(10), CHAR(10)), CHAR(13), CHAR(10))
WHILE LEN(@String) > 1
BEGIN
IF CHARINDEX(CHAR(10), @String) BETWEEN 1 AND 4000
BEGIN
SET @CurrentEnd = CHARINDEX(CHAR(10), @String) -1
SET @offset = 2
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @CurrentEnd = 4000
SET @offset = 1
END
PRINT SUBSTRING(@String, 1, @CurrentEnd)
SET @String = SUBSTRING(@String, @CurrentEnd + @offset, LEN(@String))
END
END'') AT [' + @linkedservername + ']';
EXEC (@sql);
END
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Easiest way is to use the built-in feature of SQL Management Studio.
Right-click the database, go to tasks, Generate Scripts, and walk through the wizard. You can choose what objects to script, and it'll make it all for you.
Now if you are trying to make your OWN script to do the same thing, you're probably up for a lot of work...
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This worked for me and saved me a TON of time and potential errors. It was unclear on what type of script the wizard would generate. It does indeed generate a CREATE TABLE script if you select the table. This answer was downvoted earlier. Any particular reason why? – jward01 Nov 23 '16 at 22:05
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1@jward01 *Shrug*. No idea, perhaps it would have received more votes with a detailed walk-through of the SSMS wizard, showing where you can choose to include options like indexes and foreign keys. – BradC Nov 28 '16 at 15:10
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I can confirm in SSMS v18.0 preview (possibly earlier versions), you can open Object Explorer, expand your database, expand Programmability, expand Types, expand User-Defined Table Types, right-click your type and the "Script User-Defined Table Type as " option is there to choose the "CREATE To" script. – David Alan Condit Jan 11 '19 at 16:32
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2This is *not* the easiest way if you're trying to automate the process you're designing. – Chad Nov 15 '19 at 05:26
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Since we're offering alternatives to what you asked..
If you're in .Net, you should look at the Database Publishing Wizard in Visual Studio. Easy way to script your tables/data to a text file.
http://www.codeplex.com/sqlhost/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Database%20Publishing%20Wizard
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Use the SSMS, easiest way You can configure options for it as well (eg collation, syntax, drop...create)
Otherwise, SSMS Tools Pack, or DbFriend on CodePlex can help you generate scripts
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@Devart : Thank you,The answer was perfect, I'm adding something which I found while coding.
@ildanny : Thank you for removing the word limitation
my inferences:
Added Default and Check constraints
Changed Identity : varchar(max) from char(1) : some tables may start from large numbers
Triggers can also be added as they are part of table, the definition is directly available from
select object_id from sys.triggers'
.
.
.
CASE WHEN dc.[definition] IS NOT NULL THEN ' CONSTRAINT ' + quotename(dc.name) + ' DEFAULT' + dc.[definition] ELSE '' END +
CASE WHEN ck.[definition] IS NOT NULL THEN ' CONSTRAINT ' + quotename(ck.name) + ' CHECK' + ck.[definition] ELSE '' END +
CASE WHEN ic.is_identity = 1 THEN ' IDENTITY(' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.seed_value, '0') AS VARCHAR) + ',' + CAST(ISNULL(ic.increment_value, '1') AS VARCHAR) + ')' ELSE '' END
.
.
.
LEFT JOIN sys.default_constraints dc WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.default_object_id != 0 AND c.[object_id] = dc.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = dc.parent_column_id
LEFT JOIN sys.check_constraints ck WITH (NOWAIT) ON c.[object_id] = ck.parent_object_id AND c.column_id = ck.parent_column_id
.
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Try this (using "Results to text"):
SELECT
ISNULL(smsp.definition, ssmsp.definition) AS [Definition]
FROM
sys.all_objects AS sp
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.sql_modules AS smsp ON smsp.object_id = sp.object_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.system_sql_modules AS ssmsp ON ssmsp.object_id = sp.object_id
WHERE
(sp.type = N'V' OR sp.type = N'P' OR sp.type = N'RF' OR sp.type=N'PC')and(sp.name=N'YourObjectName' and SCHEMA_NAME(sp.schema_id)=N'dbo')
- C: Check constraint
- D: Default constraint
- F: Foreign Key constraint
- L: Log
- P: Stored procedure
- PK: Primary Key constraint
- RF: Replication Filter stored procedure
- S: System table
- TR: Trigger
- U: User table
- UQ: Unique constraint
- V: View
- X: Extended stored procedure
Cheers,
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we can let the SQL to generate create table script by navigating as
Script Table as > CREATE To > New Query Editor Window
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