Ssms duplicate table with data

Copying data from one table to another is a common task in SQL whether we are migrating data by creating backups or simply duplicating a table's structure and content for further use.

In this article, we'll explore several ways to copy a table to another table in SQL Server including copying both the structure and data, just the data and how to handle specific conditions.

Ways to Copy a Table to another Table in SQL

Let's learn various ways to copy a table in SQL and the method we choose depends on our requirements such as whether we need to copy both the structure and the data or just the data are defined below:

Method 1: Copying Both Structure and Data

To copy both the structure (columns and data types) and the data we can use the SELECT INTO statement.

This will create a new table and copy all data from the source table.

Example: Suppose we have an Employees table and we want to copy the Employees table to Employees_Copy Table:

SELECT * INTO Employees_Copy
FROM Employees;

Output:

Explanation: This

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