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@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ The second file is a Powershell script, [CopyDatabase.ps1](https://github.com/Fo
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* Adds support User Defined Table Types.
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* Orders Functions, Procedures, and Views by create date to attempt to create parent objects before dependent objects.
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* Increased max characters in powershell script to 150,000 characters to accommodate large scripts.
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# Prerequisites
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If you are using the powershell script to create a database copy you will need:
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* The sqlserver Powershell module installed. You can find out more about it [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/powershell/download-sql-server-ps-module?view=sql-server-2017).
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* SQL Bulk Copy Tool (BCP) installed on the machine running the Powershell script. You can find out more [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/bcp-utility?view=sql-server-2017)
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## Assumptions
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* The source and target databases are SQL Server 2017. This script has not been tested againist an older version of SQL Server.
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* The scripts does not create any empty database but expect a target already exists.

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