Creating Duplicate Table With New Name From Existing Table in SQL Server 2012

In this article, you will see how to create a duplicate table with a new name using a script in SQL Server. Suppose you have a table with 40 fields and you want to create a table with the same structure but a new name. If you create a new empty table then it will take extra time to define all the fields again. So instead we create a script of the table and replace the table name with the new name from the table script which creates a new table with the same column names, data types, and nullable settings. So let's take a look at a practical example of how to create a script in SQL Server. The example is developed in SQL Server 2012 using the SQL Server Management Studio.

Creating the Table in SQL Server

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UserDetail]
(
[User_Id] [int] NOT NULL,
[FirstName] [varchar](255) NULL,
[LastName] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,
[Address] [varchar](255) NULL
)

Now insert data into the table. The table will look as in the following:

Creating Table Script in SQL Server Management Studio

Now Press F8 to open the Object Browser in SQL Server Management Studio and expand it.

Database -> Table then right-click then select Script Table as -> Create to -> New Query Editor Window.

USE [master]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UserDetail](
[User_Id] [int] NOT NULL,
[FirstName] [varchar](255) NULL,
[LastName] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,
[Address] [varchar](255) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO

The above script generates a script for the UserDetail table in a new query window.

Now change the name of the table in the script to whatever you want the new table to be named.

USE [master]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UserDetailRecreate] -- Changing the name of the above table
(
[User_Id] [int] NOT NULL,
[FirstName] [varchar](255) NULL,
[LastName] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,
[Address] [varchar](255) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO

Now Execute the script. Press F5

Now refresh the Master database and expand it to see the new table in the Object Explorer.

Create a Duplicate Table with New Name from Existing table programmatically

SELECT *
INTO [UserDetailRecreate]
FROM [UserDetail]
WHERE 1 = 2

Here, 1=2 will prevent the data from being copied from UserDetailto the UserDetailRecreate table.