In SQL Server, how do I generate a CREATE TABLE statement for a given table?

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Answer 1

Credit due to @Blorgbeard for sharing his script. I'll certainly bookmark it in case I need it.

Yes, you can "right click" on the table and script the CREATE TABLE script, but:

• The a script will contain loads of cruft (interested in the extended properties anyone?)
• If you have 200+ tables in your schema, it's going to take you half a day to script the lot by hand.

With this script converted into a stored procedure, and combined with a wrapper script you would have a nice automated way to dump your table design into source control etc.

The rest of your DB code (SP's, FK indexes, Triggers etc) would be under source control anyway ;)