Sql-server – Generate Schema and Data to SQL script and Run it on another DB programmatically

There's nothing built-in from the command line.

If you have Red Gate SQL Compare you can do it:

sqlcompare /s1:MySQLInstance /db1:MyDB /mkscr:MyDB_Schema /q

SSMS scripting functions are just wrappers for SMO. I know you mention it, but you could write a powershell script to use SMO.

This is adapted from code found on this Simple Talk post.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO")

$serverName = "MYSQLINSTANCE"
$databaseName = "MyDB"
$sqlServer = new-object("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") $serverName
$sqlDb = $sqlServer.Databases[$databasename]

$options = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ScriptingOptions")
$options.ExtendedProperties = $true
$options.DRIAll = $true
$options.Indexes = $true
$options.Triggers = $true
$options.ScriptBatchTerminator = $true
$options.Filename = "c:\\script_folder\\mydb_schema.sql"
$options.IncludeHeaders = $true
$options.ToFileOnly = $true

$transfer = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Transfer") $sqlDb
$transfer.options = $options
$transfer.ScriptTransfer()

Best is to use Powershell - if you are going to use it frequently. You can refer to Automated Script-generation with Powershell and SMO.

Also, SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX) are of great value when working with Powershell. All the modules are having help files e.g. Get-SqlScripter.

Get-SqlDatabase -dbname database1 -sqlserver server | Get-SqlTable | Get-SqlScripter | Set-Content -Path D:\scripts\script.sql
Get-SqlDatabase -dbname database1 -sqlserver server | Get-SqlStoredProcedure | Get-SqlScripter
Get-SqlDatabase -dbname database1 -sqlserver server | Get-SqlView | Get-SqlScripter

For third party tools, highly recommend to check out (there are many third party tools out there, but below ones I have used and they are great):

• Redgate's SQL Compare and Data Compare
• SSMS Tools Pack by Mladen Prajdić