Question

I need to duplicate atable (without copying data) and then move it to a different filegroup. Something like the following (which does not work for me).

SELECT * INTO NewTable ON [FG_newFilegroup] FROM oldTable WHERE 1=0 

Answer 1

You could change the default filegroup before the select into, and reset it after:

select 41 as i into newtable1
alter database test modify filegroup [secondary] default
select 41 as i into newtable2
alter database test modify filegroup [primary] default

select  t.name as TableName
,       f.name as Filegroup
from    sys.tables t
join    sys.indexes i
on      t.object_id = i.object_id
join    sys.filegroups f
on      f.data_space_id = i.data_space_id
where   t.name like 'newtable%'

This prints:

TableName   Filegroup
newtable1   PRIMARY
newtable2   SECONDARY