Copying tables from one database to another w/o upgrading my server

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I have two databases – first one is on a remote server and second one is local. Servers are different versions - the local one needs to be upgraded to match the remote one.

How can I copy all the tables from a remote database to the local one, without upgrading the latter? Is there maybe some piece of code to help with this?

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Posted 5-Nov-13 22:30pm

Thomas Bovee

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Bogdan Ionesku · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-05T22:33:00

Hi,

You can try to migrate your tables by creating scripts for tables in your remote db. To do that, right click the desired table and move to ‘Script table as -> Create to’.

After that, you’ll have to sort you scripts so the tables w/o dependencies on any other tables are firstly executed. And finally, go and run the scripts on your local database.

For data migration, I recommend using SQL Server Import/Export wizard.

Hope I helped.