I have a database, lets say AP, some of its objects use fully qualified names like,
select * from AP.dbo.Customer
I restored this database to another machine and renamed the database to APDev, but now all the fully qualified name object references don't work, is there a simple way to remove all the qualified name.
Thanks
After you restore the database to New Database say APDev, Generate the SQL Script for all DB object for this new APDev database, then Replace AP to APDev or Remove it, then execute again this Updated/Modified SQL script on new database. Then All object will be restored with new name.
To Generate the SQL Script from New APDev Database,
In Object Explorer, expand Databases, right-click a database, point to Tasks,
and then click Generate Scripts. Follow the steps in the wizard
to script the database objects.
To See how to Generate Script, Follow http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178078(v=sql.105).aspx
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I have a one problem. I have a database(MSSQL) on some server. I need copy this DB on my local DB. But! This DB is huge 7gb. I don't need data from this DB. I need just copy structure of this DB (What I mean about structure - all DB, all tables, connections, etc. (!!!But I don't need a data from this tables)). How I understand it - It will clean DB with the same structure.
I have no idea how implement it. I read what I can do it using PowerShell, Git and SQL manager. But i didn't find example. Could you tell me something about it?
Right click on your Database => Tasks => Generate Scripts
Screenshots shows this on a System Database. Don't do this on system databases.
Select the Tables / Views / Stored Procedures you want.
Change the scripting options depending on your preferences/requirements.
Generate the script
If you use MS SQL Server Management Studio, you can right-click on the tables you want to have in your other db -> Generate Script for -> Create -> and then choose one opion.
Only drawback is, that you have to do that for every table individually.
I created a small database in dbDesigner which includes 4 tables, and I want to add these tables with their relationships to a database on a SQL Server. How can I do this?
Best practice for this that I am aware of, is using Management Studio's functionality for this.
The following steps will produce a file containing an SQL script you can run on any server you want in order to import the schema (with or without the data).
Right click on you database.
Select Tasks > Generate scripts
Click Next
Choose Script entire database and all database objects
Select Save to file and Single file
If you want to export data as well, click on Advanced and change Types of data to script to Schema and data (default is schema only)
Click Next ... Next.
Run the generated file on the server you want to import the schema to.
I have two database named: olddatabase and newdatabase. I want to create a new database named newdatabase2 then copy database structure from newdatabase to newdatabase2 and then convert data from olddatabase to newdatabase2.
To copy database structure from newdatabase to newdatabase2 I use Transfer SQL Server Object Task component in SSIS, and then execute SSIS Package to convert data. But in step 1 I dont now how to create new database named newdatabase2. Currently I create the database manually.
There is a "Transfer Database Task". You can use it to make a copy of newdatabase to newdatabase2:
EDIT:
or you can use the "Copy Database Wizard" once. It will generate an SSIS package and a SQL Server job, then you can re-use it as many times as you want.
EDIT2:
it would't make much sense to open on BIDS because you will only see something like this:
I don't think these packages are meant to be editable.
You can access it, though:
In "Back UP" I only get a bak file, but I would like to create .sql file
Use SQL Server's Generate Scripts commend
right click on the database; Tasks -> Generate Scripts
select your tables, click Next
click the Advanced button
find Types of data to script - choose Schema and Data.
you can then choose to save to file, or put in new query window.
results in CREATE and INSERT statements for all table data selected in bullet 2.
This is a possible duplicate of: SQL script to get table content as "SELECT * FROM tblname"
To do a full database backup to File/Query you can use the 'Generate Scripts...' option on the Database.
Open SQL Server Management studio, right click on the database and choose 'Tasks->Generate Scripts...'
Then use the wizard to backup the database. You can script the whole database or parts of it. Two important options: In the 'Advanced' section, you will probably want to ensure 'Type of backup = 'Schema and Data' and the 'Script Statistics' is on.
This will produce a *.sql file that you can use as a backup that includes the schema and table data.
Ok, I read through most of these, but I had no "advanced button". But, there is still a way to do it, it's just a little hard to find, so here you go:
You can generate a script from a database, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178078.aspx
If you want to create a script of your database you right-click on the databases and Generate Scripts (it's in different sub-menus depending on what version of SQL and Enterprise Manager / SQL Server Management studio you're using).
That will, however, only get you the database objects. It will not generate scripts for data. Backing up a database will give you all of the database objects as well as the data, depending on what recovery model your database is set to.
This fellow may have achieved what you are trying to do by creating the backup, and then restoring it and giving it a new name.
This approach copies the data along with all of the database objects.
If you want a file with insert statements for your data have a look here:
This procedure generates INSERT statements using existing data from the given tables and views. Later, you can use these INSERT statements to generate the data. It's very useful when you have to ship or package a database application. This procedure also comes in handy when you have to send sample data to your vendor or technical support provider for troubleshooting purposes.
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code.htm#inserts
I have got a backup of a live database (A copy of an ACCDB format Access database) in which I've worked, added new fields to existing tables and whole new tables.
How do I get these changes and apply that fast in the running database?
In MS SQL Server, I'd right-click > Script Table As > Alter To, save the query and run it wherever I desire, is there an as easy way as that to do it in an Access Database ?
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It's an ACCDB MS-Access database created on Access 2007, copied and edited in Access 2007, in which I need to get some "alter" scripts to run on the other database so that it has all the new columns and tables I've created on my copy.
For new tables, just import them from one database into the other. In the "External Data" section of the ribbon, choose the Access icon above "Import". That choice starts an import wizard to allow you to select which objects you want imported. You will have a choice to import just the table structure, or both structure and data.
Remou is right that you can use DDL ALTER TABLE statements to add new columns. However, DDL might not support every feature you want for your new columns. And if you want not just the empty columns added, but also also any data from those new columns, you will probably need to run UPDATE statements to get it into your new columns.
As far as "Script Table As", see if OmBelt's Export Table to SQL tool for MS Access can do what you want.
Edit: Allen Browne has sample ALTER TABLE statements. See CreateFieldDDL and the following one, CreateFieldDDL2.
You can run DDL in Access. I think it would be easiest to run the SQL with VBA, in this case.
There is a product called DbWeigher that can compare Access database schemas and synchronize them. You can get a free trial (30 days). DbWeigher will write a script of all schema differences and write it out as DDL. The script is thorough and includes relationships, indexes, validation rules, allow zero length, etc.
A free tool from the same developer, DBWConsole, will let you execute a DDL script against any Access database. If you wrote your own DDL scripts this would be an easy way to apply the changes to your live database. It even handles some DDL that I don't know how to process in VBA (so it must be magic). DBWConsole is included if you downloaded the trial version of DBWeigher. Be aware that you can't make schema changes to a table in a shared Access database if anyone has the table open.
DbWeigher creates a script of all differences between the two files. It can be a lot to manually parse through if you just want a few of the changes. I built a parser for DbWeigher script files so they could be filtered by table, to extract just the parts I wanted. I contacted the DbWeigher author about it but never heard back. It's safe to say that I have no affiliation with this developer.