Which is the simple way to export a database from SQL Server including all tables and data into file.sql file?
sql-server, sql-server-2008-express
Solution
In management studio
Right click on Database name
choose Tasks > Generate scripts
Next, Choose "Script entire database"
Next, go to Advanced
Types of data to script => choose "Schema and Data" (and check other options for your needs)
Select file to save to
Finish.
EDIT :
If it's used in Management Studio only, you'll be faster using Backup and Recovery !
Problem
I'm using SQL Server[s] 2008 R2 [Express]. I would like to create an installation file.sql file for an example database. In file.sql I mean a file that will run from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio as a query. I would like to have a single file including the database itself and all tables and data. How do I export an entire database into such a file? P.S. It is a very small database. I do not worry about database name duplicate on the new server. There are Unicode characters and many special characters in data including {[(<`.,'|"?*&/>)]}