Question

I have a SQL Server 2008 database and I wanted to quickly copy all the data in the database into either separate Excel spreadsheets or into a single spreadsheet in separate tabs. Putting the data into separate CSV files is also ok. How do I do this without having to do a select * from for each of the tables and then copying the data into Excel? There are a lot of tables.

EDIT

Running the wizard to export data I get this error on Pre-execute

• Pre-execute (Error)

  Messages
  Error 0xc0202009: Data Flow Task 1: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21.
  (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

  Error 0xc0202025: Data Flow Task 1: Cannot create an OLE DB accessor. Verify that the column metadata is valid.
  (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

  Error 0xc004701a: Data Flow Task 1: component “Destination – ApprovalStatuses” (25) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC0202025.
  (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

Thanks,

Sachin

Answer 1

Using Server Management Studio:

Server Management Studio (right click on db) > 
  Tasks > 
      Export > 
         Login > 
            Destination box select Microsoft Excel > ...

If you are on a 64-bit server then;

Windows > Start Button > 
     All Programs >
         MS Sql Server [your version] > 
             USE Import and Export Data (32-bit)