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JasonAnt
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Posted - 2007-10-19 : 09:35:35
I need database comparison tool, is there any freeware of it ?

thank you

Zoroaster
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702 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-19 : 09:53:11
Did you try
http://www.starinix.com/sqlcompare01.htm





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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-19 : 10:02:28
What sort of comparison are you after?

If its of the "roll your own" flavour then the SProc by Viktor Gorodnichenko might do.

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55210&SearchTerms=Compare+data+in+two+tables,two+databases

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spirit1
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Posted - 2007-10-19 : 10:14:06
or you can use native sql 2005 tool called tablediff.exe
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenp/archive/2007/08/10/60279.aspx

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JasonAnt
Starting Member

23 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-19 : 22:16:17
Thank you for replying,
I have development and production database,
I lost track what have been changed, table (field, datatype, size), sp, trigger
a tool will make my work easier
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Zoroaster
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Posted - 2007-10-19 : 23:59:24
The tool I linked to should do.



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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-20 : 03:09:08
Won't help for your current scenario, but in terms of Best Practice for shipping updates from DEV to PRODUCTION this might be worth a read:

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55210&SearchTerms=Script+Development+Database+Changes+to+Production+Database
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rmiao
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7266 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-20 : 17:07:33
Sql2k5 comes with tablediff.exe.
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