I have table with some columns and want to copy it's strcture in a new table inorder to add some more columns to that table in sqlserver.
how do i copy it structure to the other table.
create table <tablename > as select * from <other table name> does not work with sql server as in the case of oracle
Kindly provide me a solution for this.
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You can script it to a SQL File and execute it later with a changed tablename. To do this go to the "Querry analyzer" right click on your table and select "Script in new window" -> Create
Now you got a create table script and you only need to modify the name of the table...
(You can do that with all objects, not just tabels)
Dont count on the Menue items to be "exact" - i have a german version of SQL Server ... ;)
I know this is closed but I thought i'd mention the following;
In SQL 2000 enterprise manager if you copy (ctrl C) when you have a table, view, stored proc or UDF highlighted it copies the build script into your clipboard.
Doesn't work in 2005 though, you have to right click and choose to script it, which is a shame as I used that all the time in 2000!!!
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by: hans_vdPosted on 2002-12-02 at 04:59:47ID: 7519825
select *
into <other table name>
from <tablename>
where ...
to achieve this you have to make sure that th option 'select into/bulkinsert is enabled. Which you can do like this:
exec sp_dboption <databasename>, 'select into/bulkcopy', true