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Backing up a single table?

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badpig521
Starting Member

14 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-10 : 14:09:10

Is there a way to back up one table at a time?

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-10 : 14:11:31

You can back it up to another table:

SELECT *
INTO Backup
FROM YourTable

You could also export the data to a file via bcp/DTS/SSIS.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

badpig521
Starting Member

14 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-10 : 14:14:50

quote:
Originally posted by tkizer

You can back it up to another table:

SELECT *
INTO Backup
FROM YourTable

You could also export the data to a file via bcp/DTS/SSIS.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

ahhhhh, ok. Thank you so much. I was asked that question, but I was not sure.

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