Comparing two databases

Is there a way to compare the strored procedure,views and UDF's between two
databases to see if there are any differences. I use one database for
developement and the other is online. I would like to be able to run a
structural comparison between the two to make sure i didn't forget to script
a function or stored procedure after making modifications. I normally just
script all objects from developement to online after mods but I would like t
o
know for certain they are both the same sometimes. Also I would like to read
up on best practices for tracking developement so if you know of any good
reading that would help me. I use MS Access project as a front end and SQL
2000 as the Be. Thanks> Is there a way to compare the strored procedure,views and UDF's between
> two
> databases to see if there are any differences. I use one database for
> developement and the other is online. I would like to be able to run a
> structural comparison between the two to make sure i didn't forget to
> script
> a function or stored procedure after making modifications.
SQL Compare 4.0
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> Is there a way to compare the strored procedure,views and UDF's between tw
o
> databases to see if there are any differences. I use one database for
We use SQL Delta. Does wonders for our spare time! (maintaining/updating app
rox. 25 DB
installations)
http://www.sqldelta.com|||You should be checking your development and production scripts into some
type of source version control system. For example, Visual Source Safe has
an option to compare two projects and list files that are different, and it
has a feature for comparing two versions of a script side by side with
differences highlighted.
Also, you can script the databases to seperate folders and use a tool like
WinMerge to perform the comparisons:
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Rather than scripting all objects from development to production in bulk,
you need to identify specific objects that have changed and deploy them
individually. There are a number of reasons, but for one, you run the risk
of accidentally running a script that drops / recreates a table thus
resulting in data loss.
"AkAlan" <AkAlan@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to compare the strored procedure,views and UDF's between
> two
> databases to see if there are any differences. I use one database for
> developement and the other is online. I would like to be able to run a
> structural comparison between the two to make sure i didn't forget to
> script
> a function or stored procedure after making modifications. I normally just
> script all objects from developement to online after mods but I would like
> to
> know for certain they are both the same sometimes. Also I would like to
> read
> up on best practices for tracking developement so if you know of any good
> reading that would help me. I use MS Access project as a front end and SQL
> 2000 as the Be. Thanks