how to check table creation statement

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how to check table creation statement

anshu84onnet

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September 6, 2010 at 4:27 am

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Hi All
Sorry but silly question .that is their any command or dmv by which we can check create statements of table
like we can we check sp_help 'table name'. it will give table information.
but we need is sp_(some procedure) which gives create definition of table statement. apart from GUI.
or is their any table like sys.comments where we get its information

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Bhuvnesh SSC Guru Points: 59351 More actions · Answer 1

No, unless or until you are tracking it with DDL trigger

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anshu84onnet SSC Eights! Points: 836 More actions · Answer 2

can u give me any example please....i am saying that suppose

create table test1 (name varchar(20), age int)

is create so by any mode apart from gui i can check its ddl creation statement if yesreply then i need any dbcc, sp, dmv

if ddl trigger is only method then need the example of it..please

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

If you just want the creation statement, management studio can generated it based on the system tables. From object explorer right click the table, script as -> create

If you want to see the exact statement that was run, you need either a DDL trigger or a trace running at the time the statement was executed.

As for example, why don't you open the documentation and have a look? Quicker than asking here.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189799%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186406%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175941%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

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Bhuvnesh SSC Guru Points: 59351 More actions · Answer 4

refer these links

http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/audit/ddl_triggers_p1.aspx

http://www.sqlteam.com/article/using-ddl-triggers-in-sql-server-2005-to-capture-schema-changes

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Rick.Cornell.SME SSCrazy Eights Points: 8597 More actions · Answer 5

If you right click on a table and go to properties it displays the create date of the table.

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 6

i went to the trouble of creating a stored proc that does this;

as previous posters already identified, the actual statement is never saved...all you can do is script out the info as a CREATE TABLE statement, which may be formatted differently than the original statement, but is functionally the same:

my proc is sp_getDDL, and it's usage is pretty simple:

-- USAGE: exec sp_GetDDL YourTableName
-- or exec sp_GetDDL 'bob.example'
-- or exec sp_GetDDL '[schemaname].[tablename]'

so if you create a table like this:

create table dbo.tallycalendar ( thedate datetime not null primary key, dayofweek varchar(50) null, isholiday bit null default(0), isworkholiday bit null default(0), isdaylightsavings bit null default (0), holidayname varchar(100) null, )

go

create index ix_tallystuff on tallycalendar (thedate, dayofweek, holidayname)

it produces well formatted results like this:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TALLYCALENDAR] (

[THEDATE] DATETIME NOT NULL,

[DAYOFWEEK] VARCHAR(50) NULL,

[ISHOLIDAY] BIT NULL

CONSTRAINT [DF__TallyCale__IsHol__023D5A04] DEFAULT ((0)),

[ISWORKHOLIDAY] BIT NULL

CONSTRAINT [DF__TallyCale__IsWor__03317E3D] DEFAULT ((0)),

[ISDAYLIGHTSAVINGS] BIT NULL

CONSTRAINT [DF__TallyCale__IsDay__0425A276] DEFAULT ((0)),

[HOLIDAYNAME] VARCHAR(100) NULL,

CONSTRAINT [PK__TallyCal__5CB7C64E00551192] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (TheDate))

GO

CREATE INDEX [IX_TallyStuff] ON [TallyCalendar] (TheDate, DayOfWeek, HolidayName)

you can download the code here:

Get DDL for any SQL 2005/2008 table

here's the article i contributed discussion with a lot of improvements:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic751783-566-1.aspx

Lowell

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