Is there an automatic way in SQL Server 2005 to create a database from several tables in another database? I need to work on a project and I only need a few tables to run it locally, and I don’t want to make a backup of a 50 gig DB.
UPDATE
I tried the Tasks -> Export Data in Management studio, and while it created a new sub database with the tables I wanted, it did not copy over any table metadata, ie…no PK/FK constraints and no Identity data (Even with Preserve Identity checked).
I obviously need these for it to work, so I’m open to other suggestions. I’ll try that database publishing tool.
I don’t have Integration Services available, and the two SQL Servers cannot directly connect to each other, so those are out.
Update of the Update
The Database Publishing Tool worked, the SQL it generated was slightly buggy, so a little hand editing was needed (Tried to reference nonexistent triggers), but once I did that I was good to go.
You can use the Database Publishing Wizard for this. It will let you select a set of tables with or without the data and export it into a .sql script file that you can then run against your other db to recreate the tables and/or the data.