sql server: losing identity column on export/import

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Published on 2011-08-28T18:23:10Z Indexed on 2012/07/08 15:17 UTC
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Recently I started dealing with SQL Server, my previous experience was in MS-Access.

When I'm doing an import/export of a db, from the server to my computer or even in the server, all column with primary key loose the key. Identity is set to false and even bit is not set to the default.

How can I can I use an import/export job to make an exact copy of the db and its data? I don't want to have to perform a backup and restore every time I want the same db somewhere else, for another project, etc.

I have read about "edit mapping" and the checkbox but that did not helped with the identity specification... and what about the primary key of the tables and the rest of the things?

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