Creating Duplicate Table With New Name From Existing Table in SQL Server 2012

In this article, you will see how to create a duplicate table with a new name using a script in SQL Server. Suppose you have a table with 40 fields and you want to create a table with the same structure but a new name. If you create a new empty table then it will take extra time to define all the fields again. So instead we create a script of the table and replace the table name with the new name from the table script which creates a new table with the same column names, data types, and nullable settings. So let's take a look at a practical example of how to create a script in SQL Server. The example is developed in SQL Server 2012 using the SQL Server Management Studio. 

Creating the Table in SQL Server

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UserDetail]

(

            [User_Id] [int] NOT NULL,

            [FirstName] [varchar](255) NULL,

            [LastName] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,

            [Address] [varchar](255) NULL

)

Now insert data into the table. The table will look as in the following:

Creating Table Script in SQL Server Management Studio

Now Press F8 to open the Object Browser in SQL Server Management Studio and expand it.

Database -> Table then right-click then select Script Table as -> Create to -> New Query Editor Window.

USE [master]

GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

SET ANSI_PADDING ON

GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UserDetail](

            [User_Id] [int] NOT NULL,

            [FirstName] [varchar](255) NULL,

            [LastName] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,

            [Address] [varchar](255) NULL

) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

SET ANSI_PADDING OFF

GO

 

The above script generates a script for the UserDetail table in a new query window.

Now change the name of the table in the script to whatever you want the new table to be named.

 

USE [master]

GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

SET ANSI_PADDING ON

GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UserDetailRecreate] -- Changing the name of the above table

(

            [User_Id] [int] NOT NULL,

            [FirstName] [varchar](255) NULL,

            [LastName] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,

            [Address] [varchar](255) NULL

) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

SET ANSI_PADDING OFF

GO

Now Execute the script. Press F5

Now refresh the Master database and expand it to see the new table in the Object Explorer. 

 

 

Create a Duplicate Table with New Name from Existing table programmatically

 

SELECT *

INTO [UserDetailRecreate]

FROM [UserDetail]

WHERE 1 = 2

 

Here, 1=2 will prevent the data from being copyied from UserDetail to the UserDetailRecreate table.