By the way, do you think I should leave all the "[dbo]" in the string I will be sending to the SQL Server? Or it is ok to remove them?
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>Concise (readable and understandable) is what SSMS gave you. Do not try to overcomplicate SQL commands.
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>You can issue all the commands in a single command execution - just separate the commands with semicolons.
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>>Thank you
>>
>>>I do it this way....
>>>
>>>Go into SSMS and create everything the way I want it (tables. index, etc)
>>>Right-click on the table (or database) select "Script Table As...".
>>>Select the script type and destination
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I am making a script for creating a new table (this script will be sent from VFP to the SQL Server). For starters I created the script in the SSMS. When SSMS creates the script it does it in several stages:
>>>>1. Creates table; e.g.
>>>>
>>>>create table [dbo].[MyTable] (
>>>> [fld1] [Int] Identity (1,1) not null,
>>>> [fld2] [char] (20 not null...
>>>>and so on
>>>>
>>>>2.Create nonclustered index;e.g.
>>>>
>>>>CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_fld2] ON [dbo].[MyTable]
>>>>(
>>>> [fld1] ASC
>>>>and so on
>>>>
>>>>3. Create another nonclustered index (simimal to step 2 above)
>>>>4. Then next one and next one
>>>>5. Set default contraints for each field; e.g.
>>>>
>>>>alter table [dbo].[mytable] and constraint [df_fld2] default ('') for [fld2]
>>>>and so on for each field
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>My question is, can I do it all, creating structure, creating indexes, default constraints, in only statement? TIA
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