MS SQL Server Concepts and Programming Question: Download MS SQL Server PDF

If you want to know how an existing table was created, you can use SQL Server Management Studio to automatically generate a "CREATE TABLE" script The following tutorial shows you how to do this:

1. Run SQL Server Management Studio and connect to SQL server.

2. On the Object Explorer window, follow the object tree: Databases > GlobalGuideLineDatabase > Tables > dbo.tip.

3. Click right mouse button on dbo.tip. The context menu shows up.

4. Select "Script Table as" > "CREATE to" > "New Query Editor Window". The following script will be displayed:

USE [GlobalGuideLineDatabase]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tip]
Script Date: 05/05/2008 11:34:57 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tip](
[id] [int] NOT NULL,
[subject] [varchar](80)
COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[description] [varchar](256)
COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[create_date] [datetime] NULL,
PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (
[id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF,
IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF