How to copy indexes from one table to another in SQL Server

Question

I need to copy the indexes from one table to another. There are a LOT of indexes and I don\'t want to recreate them from scratch. Seems error prone anyways.

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Answer 1

You could build a script using the information in sysindexes (or sys.indexes depending on your version) to recreate all of the indexes, but using the Select * into approach is also not going to pick up up foreign and primary keys or any extended proprties. You should really look into using SSIS if you are using a 2005+ version, or DTS if you are using 2000, both have wizards to simplify this kind of copy.

SSIS Import Export

DTS Import Export