Export table data from one SQL Server to another

Question

I have two SQL Servers (both 2005 version).

I want to migrate several tables from one to another.

I have tried:

• On source server I have righ

Answer 1

Yet another option if you have it available: c# .net. In particular, the Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo namespace.

I use code similar to the following in a Script Component of one of my SSIS packages.

var tableToTransfer = "someTable";
var transferringTableSchema = "dbo";

var srvSource = new Server("sourceServer");
var dbSource = srvSource.Databases["sourceDB"];

var srvDestination = new Server("destinationServer"); 
var dbDestination = srvDestination.Databases["destinationDB"];

var xfr = 
    new Transfer(dbSource) {
        DestinationServer = srvDestination.Name,
        DestinationDatabase = dbDestination.Name,
        CopyAllObjects = false,
        DestinationLoginSecure = true,
        DropDestinationObjectsFirst = true,
        CopyData = true
    };

xfr.Options.ContinueScriptingOnError = false; 
xfr.Options.WithDependencies = false; 

xfr.ObjectList.Add(dbSource.Tables[tableToTransfer,transferringTableSchema]);
xfr.TransferData();

I think I had to explicitly search for and add the Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo library to the references. But outside of that, this has been working out for me.

Update: The namespace and libraries were more complicated than I remembered.

For libraries, add references to:

• Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll
• Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll
• Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll
• Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.dll

For the Namespaces, add:

• Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common
• Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo