Question

I have a little problem. My friend has a database with over 10 tables and each table has over 90-100 records.

I can’t find a workaround to export the records (to put in a SQL file something like this: INSERT INTO .... VALUES ... for each existing records) from his tables to import in my database.

How to do that ?

I tried: right click on a table -> Script Table as -> INSERT TO -> File ...

but it only generate the INSERT statement.

There are a solution ? or this feature is only for commercial version ?

UPDATE

You can use BCP command with command prompt like this

For export: bcp ADatabase.dbo.OneTable out d:\test\OneTable.bcp -c -Usa -Ppassword
For import: bcp ADatabase.dbo.OneTable in d:\test\OneTable.bcp -c -Usa -Ppassword

these commands will create a BCP file which contains records for specified table. You can import using existing BCP file into another database

If you use remote database then:

bcp ADatabaseRemote.dbo.OneTableRemote out d:\test\OneTableRemote.bcp -Slocalhost/SQLExpress -Usa -Ppassword

Instead of localhost/SQLExpress, you can use localhost or other server name…

Answer 1

Probably the simplest way to do this would be to run a SELECT statement that outputs to a file. Then you can import that data into your database.

For simple moves, I have also done a copy/paste manually. Sometimes it is better to use Excel as a staging platform before pasting it into the new database. You may need to create a temporary table in your new database that matches up exactly with the data you are pasting over. For example, I usually don’t put a PK on the temp table at first and make the PK field just an INT. That way the copy will go smoother.

In the corporate world, you would use SSIS to move this data around.