Table-level backup

Question

How to take table-level backup (dump) in MS SQL Server 2005/2008?

Answer 1

You can run the below query to take a backup of the existing table which would create a new table with existing structure of the old table along with the data.

select * into newtablename from oldtablename

To copy just the table structure, use the below query.

select * into newtablename from oldtablename where 1 = 2