[dba-SQLServer] Automating the creation of views

he is in sql server 2005 from what I read, thus DTS won't really help
connecting, plus technically you can't create any new dts jobs on sql server
2005 (yes you can always duplicate an existing dts package to create a new
one, but I digress).  In this instance there is a ssis wizard that would
help you copy the views you want to your new database.

-Francisco
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Powlen, Betsy <
Betsy.Powlen at stanleyassociates.com> wrote:

> Hi Stu,
> It sounds to me like you want to copy certain views to your new
> database. Is this correct? If so, you can use Data Transformation
> Service (DTS) from Enterprise Manager. With this, you can export
> whatever views you need and the dependant objects all in one action.
> Betsy
>
>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:21 AM
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> Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Automating the creation of views
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to SQL Server and I've been tasked with creating a lot of views
> (over 100).  I'm using SQL Server 2005.
>
> The process of creating these views will be repetitive, and I'm
> wondering if there is some way to automate the creation of the views.
>
> More details on the task at hand...I have a whole bunch of views in a
> database, View1, View2, View3 ....... ViewN.  For the purposes of this
> example, this database would be called 'OriginalDatabase'.
>
> In another database, the views I need to create will be:    SELECT  *
> FROM
>  OriginalDatabase.dbo.ViewX
>
> In the SQL above, ViewX represents the view 1, 2, 3 or N.  I would want
> to be able to generate the list of Views (1, 2, 3 ... N) by
> programmatically reading the available views in the OriginalDatabase
> views folder and selecting only the views I need based on a naming
> convention - specifically, the first three characters of the view name =
> 'nnn'.
>
> I have a book on SQL Server 2005, but I haven't been successful using
> the index to find help on this, mainly because I'm not sure what topic
> this would fall under.
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to automate the creation of the
> views?
>
> Any insight is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Stu
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