Creating A Script To Replicate A Table And Its Contents? - sql

Question

I know you can create a script to replicate a table using:
right click table > script table as > create to > new query editor window
But how can I generate a script that contains a bunch of insert commands for each row in the table?
Table1
Id1, Row1
Id2, Row2
Id3, Row3
Insert into Table1 values(Row1);
Insert into Table1 values(Row2);
Insert into Table1 values(Row3);

Answer 1

I ended up doing this
right click database > Tasks > Generate Scripts ... > selected the tables > in the advanced options I set "Types of data to script" to "Schema and data"

Answer 2

Select
'Insert into Table (
IntField1
StringField2
Column3)
values (' +
IntField1 + ',' +
+ '''' + StringField2 + ''',' +
Column2 + ')' as InsertQuery
From Table
Something like this, just remember if your string contains a single quote you will need to make sure you replace it like this replace(stringfield, '''', '''''')

Answer 3

So this isnt super pretty cuz I kind of took one of my sp's and hacked it up for this. But basically this will take any table and print a series of insert statements into a table called tbl_text (which you would need to create)
The arguments are the table name and the table ID from sysobjects
--this is how you get the tbl_id
SELECT id FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'U' AND name = 'tablename'
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.sp_export_table
#tblhdr varchar(100),
#tblID varchar(100)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
IF object_id('tempdb..##temptable') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DROP TABLE ##temptable
END
DECLARE #identity bit
DECLARE #typestmt nvarchar(100)
DECLARE #typeval int
DECLARE #rowstmt nvarchar(1000)
DECLARE #rowID varchar(50)
DECLARE #orderby nvarchar(100)
DECLARE #clmnstmt varchar(200)
DECLARE #clmnhdr varchar(50)
DECLARE #clmnstring varchar(1000)
DECLARE #valuestmt nvarchar(200)
DECLARE #valuestring nvarchar(3000)
DECLARE #value nvarchar(1000)
DECLARE #insertstmt varchar(1000)
DECLARE #params nvarchar(100)
DECLARE #param2 nvarchar(100)
SELECT #rowstmt = N'SELECT TOP 1 #inside_var = name FROM syscolumns WHERE id = ' + #tblID + ' ORDER BY colorder'
SELECT #params = N'#inside_var NVARCHAR(1000) OUTPUT'
EXEC sp_executesql #rowstmt, #params, #inside_var = #orderby OUTPUT
SELECT #rowstmt = 'SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ' + #orderby + ') AS row INTO ##temptable FROM ' + #tblhdr
exec(#rowstmt)
IF object_id('tempdb..##temptable') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DECLARE row_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT row FROM ##temptable
OPEN row_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM row_cursor
INTO #rowID
--if table has identity and has records write identity_insert on
SET #identity = 0
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(TABLE_NAME),
'TableHasIdentity') = 1 AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND TABLE_NAME = #tblhdr) AND EXISTS(SELECT * FROM ##temptable)
BEGIN
SET #identity = 1
INSERT INTO dbo.tbl_text VALUES('SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.' + #tblhdr + ' ON')
END
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SELECT #clmnstmt = 'DECLARE column_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT name FROM syscolumns WHERE id = ' + #tblID + ' ORDER BY colorder'
exec(#clmnstmt)
OPEN column_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM column_cursor
INTO #clmnhdr
SELECT #clmnstring = '('
SELECT #valuestring = '('
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
IF #clmnhdr <> 'row'
BEGIN
SELECT #clmnstring = #clmnstring + #clmnhdr + ','
SELECT #valuestmt = N'SELECT #inside_var = ' + #clmnhdr + ' FROM ##temptable WHERE row = ' + #rowID
EXEC sp_executesql #valuestmt, #params, #inside_var = #value OUTPUT
SELECT #typestmt = N'SELECT #inside_var2 = xtype FROM syscolumns WHERE name = ''' + #clmnhdr + ''' AND id = ' + #tblID
SELECT #param2 = N'#inside_var2 INT OUTPUT'
EXEC sp_executesql #typestmt, #param2, #inside_var2 = #typeval OUTPUT
IF #typeval NOT IN (48,52,56,59,60,62,104,108,122,127)
BEGIN
SET #value = REPLACE(#value,'''','''''')
SET #value = '''' + #value + ''''
SET #value = ISNULL(#value, '''''')
END
IF NOT (#typeval = 34)
BEGIN
SELECT #valuestring = #valuestring + #value + ','
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT #valuestring = #valuestring + '''''' + ','
END
END
FETCH NEXT FROM column_cursor
INTO #clmnhdr
END
SET #clmnstring = LEFT(#clmnstring, LEN(#clmnstring) - 1)
SET #valuestring = LEFT(#valuestring, LEN(#valuestring) - 1)
INSERT INTO dbo.tbl_text VALUES('INSERT INTO dbo.' + #tblhdr + ' ' + #clmnstring + ') VALUES' + #valuestring + ')')
FETCH NEXT FROM row_cursor
INTO #rowID
CLOSE column_cursor
DEALLOCATE column_cursor
END
--if it wrote identity_insert on, turn it off
IF (#identity = 1)
BEGIN
INSERT INTO dbo.tbl_text VALUES('SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.' + #tblhdr + ' OFF')
END
CLOSE row_cursor
DEALLOCATE row_cursor
END
IF object_id('tempdb..##temptable') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DROP TABLE ##temptable
END
GO

Answer 4

If you've got an account on SSC, you can use the script I published last year. It works without cursors an it enables custom filtering.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Script+Data/65998/
Hope this helps

Answer 5

Assuming Row is an INT NOT NULL. You could write a SELECT statement that outputs SQL;
SELECT N'INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES (' + CAST(Row AS NVARCHAR(10)) + N');'
FROM Table1
Then output your results to text.