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tascienu NO[at]SPAM ecoaches.com
3/28/2004 10:37:17 AM
I've looked on many different tools that microsoft has to offer in
MSSQL, but i could not find the one that will do the following for me:

1 - the production database was set up 6 months ago, on the production
server...

2 - the development database was set up the same time, had the same
structure as the production database... but, I continued to work on
improving the software, and right now, the development database has
much more improved structure....

3 - Now, I want to upgrade the production server so that it matches
the development server in structure... and then I will be able to
release our new version of the software...

Question: How can i compare my dev to my prod. so that i find out the
difference instructure, and therefore automatically generate an
upgrade script that will alter my prod. server to match the dev
server...

the data does not need to be changed on the production server...

Erland Sommarskog
3/28/2004 9:04:12 PM
Tascien (tascienu@ecoaches.com) writes:
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In additions to Simon's link, I like to point out that for software
development, you should keep your code under version control, and then
it is from the version-control system you should apply the updates.


--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, sommar@algonet.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
Simon Hayes
3/28/2004 9:04:13 PM

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There's nothing in MSSQL itself to do this, but there are a number of
third-party tools available:

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2209

Simon

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