How can I generate an INSERT script for an existing SQL Server table that includes all stored rows?
Yes, but you'll need to run it at the database level.
Right-click the database in SSMS, select "Tasks", "Generate Scripts...". As you work through, you'll get to a "Scripting Options" section. Click on "Advanced", and in the list that pops up, where it says "Types of data to script", you've got the option to select Data and/or Schema.
This script generates insert statements of your existing data. This is a stored procedure which you need to run once and then it is tailor made for you.
I tried to find this kind of stuff for a while but wasn't satisfied with the results, so I wrote this stored procedure.
Example:
Exec [dbo].[INS] 'Dbo.test where 1=1'
(1) Here dbo is schema and test is tablename and 1=1 is condition.
Exec [dbo].[INS] 'Dbo.test where name =''neeraj''' * for string
(2) Here dbo is schema and test is tablename and name='neeraj' is condition.
Here is the stored procedure
/*
Authore : neeraj prasad sharma (please dont remove this :))
Example (1) Exec [dbo].[INS] 'Dbo.test where 1=1'
(2) Exec [dbo].[INS] 'Dbo.test where name =''neeraj''' * for string
here Dbo is schema and test is tablename and 1=1 is condition
*/
CREATE procedure [dbo].[INS]
(
@Query Varchar(MAX)
)
AS
SET nocount ON
DECLARE @WithStrINdex as INT
DECLARE @WhereStrINdex as INT
DECLARE @INDExtouse as INT
DECLARE @SchemaAndTAble VArchar(270)
DECLARE @Schema_name varchar(30)
DECLARE @Table_name varchar(240)
DECLARE @Condition Varchar(MAX)
SET @WithStrINdex=0
SELECT @WithStrINdex=CHARINDEX('With',@Query )
, @WhereStrINdex=CHARINDEX('WHERE', @Query)
IF(@WithStrINdex!=0)
SELECT @INDExtouse=@WithStrINdex
ELSE
SELECT @INDExtouse=@WhereStrINdex
SELECT @SchemaAndTAble=Left (@Query,@INDExtouse-1)
SELECT @SchemaAndTAble=Ltrim (Rtrim( @SchemaAndTAble))
SELECT @Schema_name= Left (@SchemaAndTAble, CharIndex('.',@SchemaAndTAble )-1)
, @Table_name = SUBSTRING( @SchemaAndTAble , CharIndex('.',@SchemaAndTAble )+1,LEN(@SchemaAndTAble) )
, @CONDITION=SUBSTRING(@Query,@WhereStrINdex+6,LEN(@Query))--27+6
DECLARE @COLUMNS table (Row_number SmallINT , Column_Name VArchar(Max) )
DECLARE @CONDITIONS as varchar(MAX)
DECLARE @Total_Rows as SmallINT
DECLARE @Counter as SmallINT
DECLARE @ComaCol as varchar(max)
SELECT @ComaCol=''
SET @Counter=1
SET @CONDITIONS=''
INSERT INTO @COLUMNS
SELECT Row_number()Over (Order by ORDINAL_POSITION ) [Count], Column_Name
FROM INformation_schema.columns
WHERE Table_schema=@Schema_name AND table_name=@Table_name
SELECT @Total_Rows= Count(1)
FROM @COLUMNS
SELECT @Table_name= '['+@Table_name+']'
SELECT @Schema_name='['+@Schema_name+']'
While (@Counter<=@Total_Rows )
begin
--PRINT @Counter
SELECT @ComaCol= @ComaCol+'['+Column_Name+'],'
FROM @COLUMNS
WHERE [Row_number]=@Counter
SELECT @CONDITIONS=@CONDITIONS+ ' + Case When ['+Column_Name+'] is null then ''Null'' Else '''''''' + Replace( Convert(varchar(Max),['+Column_Name+'] ) ,'''''''','''' ) +'''''''' end+'+''','''
FROM @COLUMNS
WHERE [Row_number]=@Counter
SET @Counter=@Counter+1
End
SELECT @CONDITIONS=Right(@CONDITIONS,LEN(@CONDITIONS)-2)
SELECT @CONDITIONS=LEFT(@CONDITIONS,LEN(@CONDITIONS)-4)
SELECT @ComaCol= substring (@ComaCol,0, len(@ComaCol) )
SELECT @CONDITIONS= '''INSERT INTO '+@Schema_name+'.'+@Table_name+ '('+@ComaCol+')' +' Values( '+'''' + '+'+@CONDITIONS
SELECT @CONDITIONS=@CONDITIONS+'+'+ ''')'''
SELECT @CONDITIONS= 'Select '+@CONDITIONS +'FRom ' +@Schema_name+'.'+@Table_name+' With(NOLOCK) ' + ' Where '+@Condition
print(@CONDITIONS)
Exec(@CONDITIONS)
Yes, use the commercial but inexpensive SSMS Tools Pack addin which has a nifty "Generate Insert statements from resultsets, tables or database" feature