How to replicate an empty database??

  • I need to copy a database but have no information in it. (need the fields & tables & such, just no data).

  • as part of the sp_addarticle procedure used to publish the articles for replication, one of the parameters is @filter_clause. I've never used it, but you could potentially put a filter clause on the article where it wouldn't return any rows (1=0).

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  • Have you looked at the Generate Scripts option in Management Studio? That'll create all the objects in a database, without any data.

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