How to backup Sql Server to sql file?
Use SQL Server's Generate Scripts commend
- right click on the database; Tasks -> Generate Scripts
- select your tables, click Next
- click the Advanced button
- find Types of data to script - choose Schema and Data.
- you can then choose to save to file, or put in new query window.
- results in
CREATEandINSERTstatements for all table data selected in bullet 2.
This is a possible duplicate of: SQL script to get table content as "SELECT * FROM tblname"
To do a full database backup to File/Query you can use the 'Generate Scripts...' option on the Database.
Open SQL Server Management studio, right click on the database and choose 'Tasks->Generate Scripts...'
Then use the wizard to backup the database. You can script the whole database or parts of it. Two important options: In the 'Advanced' section, you will probably want to ensure 'Type of backup = 'Schema and Data' and the 'Script Statistics' is on.
This will produce a *.sql file that you can use as a backup that includes the schema and table data.
Ok, I read through most of these, but I had no "advanced button". But, there is still a way to do it, it's just a little hard to find, so here you go:
