Question

We are migrating database structures, so I have one database with the old structure and one database with the new structure (both on the same server). I want to write queries to copy data from one to the other. I am expecting to go table-by-table as the schema is different. How do I do this?

Answer 1

You need to provide more details to get a more specific answer, but in general you just use the three-part name:

INSERT INTO NewDB.dbo.TableName
SELECT <columns>
FROM OldDB.dbo.Tablename

Are you looking for a way to do this automatically for all the tables?