Showing posts with label installscript. Show all posts
Showing posts with label installscript. Show all posts

Friday, March 30, 2012

Scripting "INSERT"s in an SQL database?

Hi there,

Getting ready for deployment and I would like to be able to run an install
script that will not just generate the schema, but fill in some of the
tables with default data. Is there a tool out there that will scan user
tables in an SQL database and generate the script required in order to
create a database with this default data?

Thanks

Robin"Robin Tucker" <idontwanttobespammedanymore@.reallyidont.com> wrote in
message news:c97t42$rmv$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi there,
> Getting ready for deployment and I would like to be able to run an install
> script that will not just generate the schema, but fill in some of the
> tables with default data. Is there a tool out there that will scan user
> tables in an SQL database and generate the script required in order to
> create a database with this default data?
> Thanks
>
> Robin

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code.htm#inserts

If you have a lot of default data, it might be more efficient to have the
data in flat files and load it with bcp.exe or BULK INSERT.

Simon|||Hi

Another alternative would be to ship a default data and log file that is
already populated. For upgrades then a similar container but you would need
to use a tool such as those produced by www.red-gate.com sqlcompare or
www.innovartis.co.uk/Home.aspx dbghost or your home grown application.

John

"Robin Tucker" <idontwanttobespammedanymore@.reallyidont.com> wrote in
message news:c97t42$rmv$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi there,
> Getting ready for deployment and I would like to be able to run an install
> script that will not just generate the schema, but fill in some of the
> tables with default data. Is there a tool out there that will scan user
> tables in an SQL database and generate the script required in order to
> create a database with this default data?
> Thanks
>
> Robinsql