Create Table DDL via TSQL
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Get DDL for any SQL 2000 table
a stored procedure returning a single varchar(8000) of the CREATE TABLE script for any table.It does everything calculated columns, rules,indexes,defaults,triggers,constraints...everything.
2009-07-28 (first published: 2009-07-11)
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Get DDL for any SQL 2005 table
returns CREATE TABLE script for any table. including schema name,calculated columns,
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1,921 reads
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Default Trace Load of All 5 Files
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Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers
