SQL Server Copy Table
SQL Server provides a convenient way to copy tables within the same database. Below are the approaches that help us to copy tables in SQL Server are as follows:
- Using SQL Query
- Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Let’s set up an Environment:
Let us take an example of the ‘Products‘ table which has the below columns and data to explain the copy table methods:
Products Table
The above table named ‘Products’ has 16 rows of data and 6 columns namely ProductID, ProductName, SupplierID, CategoryID, Unit, Price.
SQL Server Copy Table
Copying or replicating tables is one of the crucial functions of database management systems. Copy table is a crucial option to create table data backups or to create duplicate data from a table to another table with few columns or some of the data for various purposes.
In this article, We will learn about the SQL Server Copy Table by understanding various approaches with the help of examples and so on.