Generate and Publish SQL Database Scripts

Introduction

This article helps to generate and publish SQL Database scripts.

Generating and deploying the database is very simple to do. There are various ways to deploy or publish a database, such as taking a backup and restoring it or generating entire database scripts and executing them. Using SQL Server Management Studio, we can quickly generate the scripts.

Open the SQL Server Management Studio and select a database, then right-click and select Tasks, followed by Generate Scripts. That will open the introduction wizard window.

You will see the wizard itself given the information of the four steps to completion:

1. Let's start with the first step: click the "Next" button. Select database objects.
2. Specify scripting or publishing options.
3. Review your selections.
4. Generate scripts, then save or publish them.

Select database objects

The next screen comes up to choose objects. We need to select the database objects for scripts. There are two options:

1. Script an entire database and all database objects.
   This option allows us to script an entire database, including creation scripts, tables, schemas, Stored Procedures, Logins, etcetera.

2. Select specific database objects.
   We can use this option if we want more specific objects that need to be scripted.
   Click on the "Next" button.

Specify scripting or publishing options.

Here we can specify how the scripts should be saved or published. Save the scripts to a specified location like the Clipboard or a new window. Even publishing to a web service is available. If we publish to a web service, then we must add a new web service address along with target database information.

For Advanced Scripting Options while scripting like "Include IF NOT EXISTS = True," "Script DROP and CREATE = Script DROP and CREATE," "Script Triggers = True," etcetera, then click on the "Advanced" button.

Review your selections

Click on the "Next" button and review your selections.

Generate scripts, then save or publish them.

Click the "Next" button to complete the process and save or publish the script. During this process, if any of the Actions fails, the Result tab will show the error.

Conclusion

That's it; the script will be saved based on the scripting or publishing options; I hope this helped you.