How to backup a specific SQL Server Schema's table?

Question

In my SQL Server database, I have multiple schemas. I would like to backup only a specific schema's tables to a format that can easily be restored.

Example:

• [dbo].[Trucks]
• [dbo].[Cars]
• [unknown].[Trucks]
• [unknown].[Cars]

How can I backup only the schema [unknown]'s tables and be able to restore them easily?

Also, is it possible to backup a specific schema from a .bak file that contains the entire database?

Solution

You can't, unless the schema or table(s) reside on their own filegroup.

SQL server only supports backups at the database level or at the filegroup/file level, not at the table (or at any other object's) level.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175477.aspx