I am trying to create a new table by copying an existing table in SQL Server 2008 using Management Studio. The existing table contains no data. I am using the following code but am receiving an error for Incorrect Syntax near AS. I am not sure what is wrong here. I am a SQL newb and any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
CREATE TABLE Drop_Centers_Detail
AS (Select * From Centers_Detail)
like this, however this will not create indexes and constraints
select * into Drop_Centers_Detail
from Centers_Detail
where 1 = 0
In Sql Server Managment Studio, right-click your existing table and select Script Table as > Create to > New Query Editor Window. This will give you a better starting script that you can use as the base for your new schema.
1) I would suggest generating a create script from the table you want to copy, and then run that on your destination database.
2) Write a Insert statement in another SQL Query window to import that data
Insert Into Database1.Table1(Field1, Field2)
Select Field1, Field2 From Database2.Table
Related
I need to copy tables from a linked server onto my local machine. I am working in SQL management studio. The linked server is Oracle based. My end goal is to set up a stored proc that deletes a table if it exists and creates a new table in its place with refreshed data. This will be done for many tables as needed. The issue with the below code is that I get the error:
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'SELECT'.
I am stuck at creating the table.
CREATE TABLE test AS
SELECT DUMMY
FROM OPENQUERY (LServer, '
Select *
from sourceT
');
The data in the dummy table is just one column with a single value "x". I have seen posts that suggest using a certain notation in naming the linked server table, like <server.database.schema.tablename> but this doesn't seem to work,even if I just run the select statement using the openquery. If I just run the select part in the script above, this does work.
CREATE TABLE test AS
Is valid in Oracle but not SQL Server
You want
-- if the table already exists drop it
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test;
-- now create a table and load into it
SELECT DUMMY
INTO test
FROM OPENQUERY (LServer, '
Select *
from sourceT')
How do I drop a few tables (e.g. 1 - 3) using the output of a SELECT statement for the table names? This is probably standard SQL, but specifically I'm using Apache Impala SQL accessed via Apache Zeppelin.
So I have a table called tables_to_drop with a single column called "table_name". This will have one to a few entries in it, each with the name of another temporary table that was generated as the result of other processes. As part of my cleanup I need to drop these temporary tables whose names are listed in the "tables_to_drop" table.
Conceptually I was thinking of an SQL command like:
DROP TABLE (SELECT table_name FROM tables_to_drop);
or:
WITH subquery1 AS (SELECT table_name FROM tables_to_drop) DROP TABLE * FROM subquery1;
Neither of these work (syntax errors). Any ideas please?
even in standard sql this is not possible to do it the way you showed.
in standard sql usually you can use dynamic sql which impala doesn't support.
however you can write an impala script and run it in impala shell but it's going to be complicated for such task, I would prepare the drop statement using select and run it manually if this is one-time thing:
select concat('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ',table_name) dropstatements
from tables_to_drop
Can somebody help me?
I am try execute the command below in Oracle 11 and I get this error:
SQL Error [905] [42000]: ORA-00905: keyword not found.
Code:
SELECT *
INTO SAJ.ETMP_TESTE
FROM SAJ.ESAJOBJETO O
WHERE CDOBJETO = 'P800000000J03'
I read the Oracle docs and haven't found any obvious error in my statement.
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/selectinto_statement.htm
My objective is to create the table ETMP_TESTE with structure from ESAJOBJETO.
I checked user permission and user has permission to action.
You need create table and not select into for create a table based on the result of a query
CREATE TABLE SAJ.ETMP_TESTE
AS SELECT *
FROM SAJ.ESAJOBJETO O
WHERE CDOBJETO = 'P800000000J03'
This will create an empty table named ETMP_TESTE, with the structure of the SAJ.EASJOBJETO table.
CREATE TABLE ETMP_TESTE AS
SELECT *
FROM SAJ.EASJOBJETO
WHERE 1 = 0;
This does not handle contraints and primary keys and things like that, but it will get you the table structure. The 1 = 0 makes sure no data is copied.
If you need primary keys and the like, look into extracting the DDL for EASJOBJETO. Most SQL IDEs have that functionality built in. You can edit it to correct the table name and run the script and get everything.
I've created query that runs perfectly in Microsoft SQL Server and it utilizes temporary tables it creates and drops. I now want to create a data connection in Microsoft Excel that will run my query and display the results in Excel, so that business partners who do not know SQL can utilize the report.
However, when I try to run the query in a data connection in excel I get errors like the following:
"Database name 'database' ignored, referencing object in tempdb."
OR
"The query did not run, or the database table could not be opened. Check the database server or contact your database administrator. Make sure the external database is available and hasn't been moved or reorganized, then try the operation again."
I then tried to use the phrase "SET NOCOUNT on" before creating my temporary tables but it did not resolve the issue and I still have no report.
Here is how my code is set up
select
x.PRODUCT_ID,
y.SETID,
LW = ISNULL (SUM(y.SALES_QTY) ,0)
INTO database.#tmpLastWeek
--#tempLastWeek is a temporary table I am creating here and inserting values into
from
database.sales_table y
inner join
database.product_table x
on y.PRODUCT_ID = x.PRODUCT_ID
and x.SETID = y.SETID
where
y.stores IN (
'storeslist'
)
and y.sales_week = #this_week - 1
and y.sales_year = #this_year
group by
x.PRODUCT_ID,
y.SETID,
x.DESCR
Then I select from the temporary table #tmpLastWeek
select * from #tmpLastWeek
Then finally I drop this temporary table so that it can be ran again
drop table #tmpLastWeek
Any advice or suggestions on getting this query to be ran thru and SQL connection in Excel would be much appreciated! Thanks!!!!
I am using sql server 2005
I have a table [say tblHistory] and this table contains 100 rows.
I have created the same table at the server, but the table doesn't have the data, I want data from tblHistory to convert into
INSERT INTO tblHistory ------
so that I could run the script on the server to fill the database.
To generate all the INSERT INTO statements you need based on table data, take a look at this project: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/sqlinsertupdategenerator.aspx
you need to create a linked server between the two servers and then you do something like this
INSERT INTO tblHistory
select * from LinkedServerNAme.DatabaseName.SchemaName.tblHistory
To add a linked server read this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190479.aspx
BTW you can also use OPENROWSET, OPENDATASOURCE, SSIS or bcp out and bcp in
Not sure I understand the question... you just want to copy the contents of one table into another?
INSERT INTO newTable SELECT * FROM tblHistory
If the new table doesn't already exist, you can use SELECT INTO:
SELECT *
INTO new_table
FROM tblHistory
But that's the caveat - it has to be a new table, no data already in there.
Otherwise, use:
INSERT INTO new_table
SELECT x.* --preferrable to actually define the column list than use *
FROM OLD_TABLE x
You should check out the SSMS Tools Pack - one of its feature is the ability to generate those INSERT scripts you're looking for!
Get the SSMS Tool Pack from this site - it's an add-in for SQL Server Management Studio - highly recommended!