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Generate script for database objects using SSMS

In this article, we will generate script(s) for database objects like tables, views, stored procedures etc. using SQL Server Management Studio.

Database schema

For this article, I am using a database with some dummy tables. See the screen shot below

Picture showing the database and the tables inside the database

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Steps

For generating the script

1. Right click on the database, and go to ‘Tasks→ Generate Scripts…’

Picture showing the Generate Scripts... option inside the Task menu

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2. Following window appears on click of ‘Generate Scripts…’

Picture showing the first screen of Generate and Publish Scripts wizard

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Click on next button.

3. Following window will appear

Picture showing the second screen of Generate and Publish Scripts wizard to select the object

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In the above window, you can select the first radio button i.e. ‘Script entire database and all database objects’ to generate the script for all database objects.

Or you can select the second radio button i.e. ‘Select specific database objects’, if you want to generate script(s) for the particular object(s).

Click on Next.

4. Following window will appear

Picture showing the options for setting the path of the generated script

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In the above window, you can select either of these options

   1. Save the generated script as file

   2. Copy it on clipboard

   3. Show it in new query window.

   4. Now click on Next and following window will appear

Picture showing the summary screen of the Generate and Publish Scripts wizard

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5. Click Next and scripts will be generated for the database objects as shown in figure below

Picture showing the last screen of the Generate and Publish Scripts wizard to show the progress of the generated script

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6. Click on Finish to complete the process. A script file will be created on specified path

Picture showing the generated script in the query window of SSMS

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There is a ‘Advanced’ button that will open ‘Advanced Scripting Options’ window as shown in figure below

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There are many options in this window, but we will only talk about few options

   1. Script Drop and Create – There are three options

      a. Create – When you want to generate ‘create’ script only for database objects

      b. Drop – When you want to generate ‘drop’ script only for database objects.

      c. Drop and Create – When you want to generate ‘drop and create’ script for database objects.

Picture showing setting the property of Script Drop and Create attribute

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   2. Types of data to script – There are three options

      a. Data only – When you only want to generate scripts for data only. This option is only valid for tables.

      b. Schema and Data – When you want to generate scripts for schema of data objects and data of tables.

      c. Schema only – When you want to generate scripts for schema only.

Picture showing setting the property of Script Check Constraints attribute

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3. Script Indexes – It means while generating the script for tables, you also want to create a script for indexes as well then you can select this option to true.

Picture showing setting the property of Script indexes attribute

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Friday, April 20, 2018

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