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Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 07/13/07 21:48
Trevor Best (googlegroups@besty.org.uk) writes:
> Is there a way to back up the structure of the database only? i.e.
> backup without the data.
>
> I sometimes need to backup a database in one location and compare the
> structure in another, can be a pain if there's 600MB of data that goes
> with it.
The new version of SQL Compare from Red Gate permits you to script the
database to a folder, and then you can compare a database to that folder.
You can also script the database from Enterprise Manager and SQL Server
Mgmt Studio, and then create a database from that script on the target.
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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
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