Are there any free tools to generate 'INSERT INTO' scripts in MS SQL Server? [closed]

Answer 1

If you're just looking to insert test data, and have fewer than 64K rows to insert, you could use Excel (that's what I do).

For example, if you put values in cells A1, B1, and C1, then entered the following formula in D1, you'd get a usable insert statement:

="INSERT INTO TEST (col1, col2, col3) VALUES ("&a1&","&b1&","&c1&");"

Then just fill down and you can modify the data any time you want.

Answer 2

This web site has many useful scripts including generating inserts.

You can utilise sp_msforeachtable with it to generate for an entire DB.

Update: There is built-in functionality to script data as INSERTs in SQL Server Management Studio 2008(onwards).

SQL Server 2008:

Right-click on your database in SSMS, select Tasks –> Generate Scripts, ensure your database is highlighted and click next. Scroll down the options list to the “Table/View Options” section, and change “Script Data” to True.

SQL Server 2012:

Right-click on your database in SSMS, select Tasks –> Generate Scripts. Choose the tables you want to generate scripted INSERTs for, then click Next. Choose where you want to send the output to (such as a new Query Window), and then click the Advanced button (which for some reason is in the Save to File Section!). Scroll down the options list to the “Types of data to script” option and change it to either "Data only" or "Schema and data". Click Next twice.

Answer 3

Microsoft has a free app you can install.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/results.aspx?freetext=Microsoft+SQL+Server+Database+Publishing+Wizard&displaylang=en&stype=s_basicdownload here

Answer 4

Try DBSourceTools. http://dbsourcetools.codeplex.com
It has a facility to generate insert scripts for any table in your database.