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How can I copy a number of tables, plus the data they contain, from a live SQL Server database?
I want to get some data for basic testing on my machine.
I was originally going to do a simple backup of the database, until I noticed that it was over 100GB in size. However the tables I’m after are only a number of the smaller ones. I then tried export to Excel, but hit the 65K limit (and we don’t have Excel 2007)
You can try Exporting Data by Using the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard
Here is MSDN video
you can export it as Flat file
In Management Studio, select the database, right-click and select Tasks->Export Data. There you will see options to export to different kinds of formats including CSV.
You can also run your query from the Query window and save the results to CSV.