I'm using SQL Query Analyzer version 8.x. I know beans about SQL Server, but I'm trying to learn.
I'm a new hire trying to capture my company's data structure to print, study, etc. I'd like to capture a few rows of a few important tables in order to paste on my wall, study offline, etc. I'd be happy to just be able to paste the data into Excel.
When I'm viewing a table in SQL Query Analyzer, some tables will allow me to select all (by clicking the extreme upper-left cell in the right pane) and copying it to the clipboard, then pasting into Excel. Some tables, however, have this copy-to-clipboard ability disabled. Even the right-click menu's Select All item is disabled.
On the few tables I *can* select and copy from, the column names are missing when I paste into Excel.
So, how do I:
1. select and copy from *any* of these tables, not just a few of them
and
2. get the column headers into that selection as well? Keying them in by hand after pasting into Excel is a big pain.
Thanks very much in advance.
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An alternative method is to go into Enterprise Manager - Right click the table - All Tasks - Export Data...
This will take you through a wizard to export data from that table (or tables) to a number of different formats including Excel.
You just specify the source server, destination server (change destination to Excel and give a file name), and the data you want to export which can be either a query or a whole table
How are you selecting tables? Are you right-clicking on the tables in the Object Browser and choosing Open?
If so, do this instead: SELECT * FROM tableName
Or SELECT TOP 10 * FROM tablename
since you only want a few rows to study.
Then rafrancisco's tip to change the results will help you copy it into Excel.
Ok. You should realize that instead of copying just a few rows you are opening the entire table. Not very productive. If your tables are large (and these are the important tables) then you will quickly run into the limit of Excel (64 000 rows). You could also really slow down your machine with the cut/paste.
Better ideas:
Type: SELECT TOP 10 * FROM tablename
into the query window.
This will return only 10 rows. That should give you enough information for your study. I cannot believe that copying 1 000 rows into Excel will do you any good if you are only looking at table structure.
Ill is correct - there is no UNDO. He is recommending that you use the Data menu in EXCEL and query the database from there. It depends on how comfortable you are with Excel.
On large tables, I'm just copying the first couple of dozen records--not the thousands available.
But remember, on some tables, I have no ability to select jack.
I don't know where the query window is to which you're referring. I have a tree structure in my left pane, and record data in the right pane.
I'm using adathelad's proposed method at the moment, with good results.
>The right pane is the query window (before you open the record data).
I don't know how you view this window in its "natural" state. In my experience, it always contains the results of opening a table. If you select a new table, the contents in the right pane remain what they were (the row data from the last time you opened a table). In other words, it's always record data--it may be from the last time you updated it, but it's always record data.
How do you get it back to this "virgin state" that you seem to be referring to?
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by: rafranciscoPosted on 2005-10-12 at 07:16:53ID: 15069025
To include the column headers in the selection when copying it, you have to change how Query Analyzer displays the output. In Query ANalyzer, go to Tools --> Options and go to the Results tab. Change the Default results target to "Results to Text" and change the Results output format to "Tab Delimited". Then run your query and the column headers will be there.