I have around 50 databases, all identical structure. Now I have to edit one procedure, so the process is a bit complex:
expand database,
expand programmability
expand stored procedures
right click on procedure
select modify
What I want to know: Is there a command that will open the modify window for a specific procedure so that my process will just be
select database
CTRL+E to execute command
When I say command I mean text in editor window, something like this
edit procedure 'my_procedure'
Maybe I misunderstand your question... but...
If you want to use SQL Server Management Studio:
Could you simply copy the ALTER statement, paste it in a new window, change the database that window is connected to, execute, change database, execute, etc.
If you want to do it faster and more repeatable, you could just save the query to a file and write a script in cmd using sqlcmd to run that script on each of your 50 databases.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx
I can't imagine managing 50 databases w/ the same structure and not using scripting...
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I have a database whose structure I'm happy with, but which has a fair amount of dummy data in it. I would like to drop and recreate the database while at the same time wiping out the tables, but retain the table structures and relationships.
When I right-click on the database and choose to script 'drop and create' statements they're for the database itself, but no mention of the tables within-- unless I'm missing something.
Is it possible to generate a script that drops/creates a database and the tables within? I can individually select each table and script out their drop/create statements and order things so it will work, but are there other ways of doing this in one swoop?
I have a localized version of Sql Server 2008 R2, so some of my instructions could be imprecise.
I hope that there are no big differences.
Right click on your database and select Tasks and then Generate Scripts
Leave the first option selected (Build script for all db and objects) and select next
On the second page click Advanced
Select the option to Build Script for DROP & CREATE
Select the option to Use only the Schema (not Schema and Data)
Check the other options you would like to use.
Finally choose your save options and click Next until SSMS creates the script
Instead of that you should do this. That way you can select different tables or stored procedure to script for. See MSDN How to: Generate a Script (SQL Server Management Studio) on how to do it step-by-step.
Right click on DB_Name -> select tasks -> Generate Scripts
I have a SQL database and tables that I would like to replicate in another SQL Server. I would like to create a SQL script that creates the database and tables in a single script.
I can create "Create" script using the SQL Management Studio for each case (Database and Tables), but I would like to know if combining the both "Create" scripts into single script would be enough.
Thanks.
Although Clayton's answer will get you there (eventually), in SQL2005/2008/R2/2012 you have a far easier option:
Right-click on the Database, select Tasks and then Generate Scripts, which will launch the Script Wizard. This allows you to generate a single script that can recreate the full database including table/indexes & constraints/stored procedures/functions/users/etc. There are a multitude of options that you can configure to customise the output, but most of it is self explanatory.
If you are happy with the default options, you can do the whole job in a matter of seconds.
If you want to recreate the data in the database (as a series of INSERTS) I'd also recommend SSMS Tools Pack (Free for SQL 2008 version, Paid for SQL 2012 version).
In SQL Server Management Studio you can right click on the database you want to replicate, and select "Script Database as" to have the tool create the appropriate SQL file to replicate that database on another server. You can repeat this process for each table you want to create, and then merge the files into a single SQL file. Don't forget to add a using statement after you create your Database but prior to any table creation.
In more recent versions of SQL Server you can get this in one file in SSMS.
Right click a database.
Tasks
Generate Scripts
This will launch a wizard where you can script the entire database or just portions. There does not appear to be a T-SQL way of doing this.
An excellent explanation can be found here: Generate script in SQL Server Management Studio
Courtesy Ali Issa Here's what you have to do:
Right click the database (not the table) and select tasks --> generate scripts
Next --> select the requested table/tables (from select specific database objects)
Next --> click advanced --> types of data to script = schema and data
If you want to create a script that just generates the tables (no data) you can skip the advanced part of the instructions!
Not sure why SSMS doesn’t take into account execution order but it just doesn’t. This is not an issue for small databases but what if your database has 200 objects? In that case order of execution does matter because it’s not really easy to go through all of these.
For unordered scripts generated by SSMS you can go following
a) Execute script (some objects will be inserted some wont, there will be some errors)
b) Remove all objects from the script that have been added to database
c) Go back to a) until everything is eventually executed
Alternative option is to use third party tool such as ApexSQL Script or any other tools already mentioned in this thread (SSMS toolpack, Red Gate and others).
All of these will take care of the dependencies for you and save you even more time.
Yes, you can add as many SQL statements into a single script as you wish. Just one thing to note: the order matters. You can't INSERT into a table until you CREATE it; you can't set a foreign key until the primary key is inserted.
How can I export a table from a SQL Server 2000 database to a .sql file as a bunch of INSERT INTO statements?
One of the fields in the table is a Text datatype and holds HTML so doing this by hand would be rather time-consuming.
I have access to SQL Server Management Studio 2008 to access the SQL Server 2000 database.
Updating since this Q&A was at the top of the search results when I was looking for the answer.
In MSSQL 2008 R2:
Right Click on database: Tasks -> Generate Scripts...
The Generate and Publish Scripts dialog will pop up. The Intro page is worthless. Click "Next"
Choose "Select Specific database objects" and then select the Table(s) you want to get Inserts for. Click Next and the dialog will advance to the "Set Scripting Options".
Click on Advanced and you should see:
Scroll down the list of Options until you find "Types of data to script". Click on that row and choose "Data Only" from the pull-down. Click "OK". Choose your Save options and click "Next" a few times.
Note - The output also includes the following after every 100 inserts.
GO
print 'Processed 200 total records'
Check out the SSMS Tool Pack - it's a great, FREE add-on for SQL Server Management Studio which does a lot of things - among other it can generate INSERT statements from a given table.
I have been using this stored procedure for a long time: sp_generate_inserts: the 2000 version and the 2005 (and up) version.
You use it like this:
sp_generate_inserts 'thetablename'
or if you want to filter:
sp_generate_inserts 'thetablename', #from='from ... where ... order by ...'
The sp will return inserts statements as query results. Don't forget to modify setting: increase the maximum number of characters displayed in each column (tools - options - query results).
If you can use other DB management apps the quickest way would be using a tool like SqlDbx which has a built-in "Export as inserts (SQL)" function (just execute a query like SELECT * FROM Table and then use the contextual menu from the result grid).
If you need to stick to SQL Management Studio then you could use a stored procedure like this one:
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code/generate_inserts.txt
It generates a set of results with the SQL INSERT statement for each row of the target table. Then you can exports the results to a file, or just copy them to the clipboard and paste in the query window (it works fine even with several megabytes of data).
I need to change the database name in SQL SERVER 2008 and use it in another project. However it consist hundreds of stored procedures and the name of the database should be changed in the stored procedures as well. Is there any way to do this?
If you right mouse click a Database and choose Tasks->Generate Scripts. Go through the Wizard and it will create a SQL script for you. Make sure that you select all of the necessary options e.g. Create Database, Stored Procedures etc. Once finished, you'll have a big script. Find and replace the database name.
I would suggest that you export all your stored procedures as sql-files and then take a nice texteditor (like Notepad++) and make a file-search&replace-action to change all the names referenced inside the sql-files.
There is no other way around as far as I can say :-(
I'd make next thing: I'd generate all scripts for database by Management Studio(Right Click on DB -> Tasks -> Generate scripts), after that I'd replace name of database (Ctrl + H).
Right click on the database, Tasks -> Generate scripts, select stored procedure, and open the scripts in sql editor.
Search and replace the database or string names.
replace Create procedure with Alter procedure.
Compile and done.
There is no way of doing this automatically. You would have to manually change every stored procedure.
Do you really need to change the name?
Wouldn't it be better to keep everything the same and use a different server or server instance? Are you going to have to maintain database changes through these two datbases with the different names?
Is there command inside a Query Window that will open a stored procedure in another Query Window?
i.e.
MODIFY dbo.pCreateGarnishmentForEmployee
I am using SQL Server management Studio 2005 and Red Gate's SQL Prompt.
Currently I have to do the follwowing multiple steps:
Open Object Explorer
Navigate Programmability | Stored Procedure
Right Click the Stored Procedure name
Select Modify
A Query Window will open up with the ALTER PROCEDURE.
As I mentioned above, what I would like to do is from a Query Window type
in something to the effect of
MODIFY dbo.pCreateGarnishmentForEmployee
You are trying to mix two technologies here.
SQL and SQLSyntax
The SQL Management Tool
It is probably not possible to use TSQL to manipulate the Management Studio, which is what you appear to want. I suspect cut and paste is your only option.
I think that the only way that I'm aware of that produces an outcome similar to what you're asking for is running sp_helptext against your stored procedure name
sp_helptext 'dbo.pCreateGarnishmentForEmployee'
which will output the text as a resultset. Then click on the column header and copy/paste the resultset into the query window. You'll also need to change the
CREATE PROCEDURE ...
to
ALTER PROCEDURE ...
This method does not always produce the nicely formatted layout of your stored procedure however, so bear this in mind.
There is a way to do this from the command line (i.e., from outside of SSMS).
It requires that you save your stored procedure text (as in, click "save", not execute). Here's an example:
Ssms "C:\...\SQL Server Management Studio Projects\mySolution\myProject\myScript.sql"
See the article on MSDN for more detailed info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162825.aspx