Use "Add object existence checks" from commandline

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  All of the options for the SQL Compare command line are noted here:
  http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/C ... ne_Options
  It looks as if the documentation is out of date, though. I will get that looked into.
  
  You would use /options:ObjectExistenceChecks,DropAndCreateInsteadOfAlter to accomplish what you want to do. For a shorter command-line, you could use the aliases for these options: oec and dacia respectively.

  Brian Donahue April 02, 2012 06:29

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  Thanks.
  
  The new options switches are also missing from SQLCompare.exe /? and SQLCompare.exe /verbose /? commandline help.

  stephenk April 02, 2012 07:12

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  Odd, because I found thouse options the way I described... at least in version 10.1.

  Brian Donahue April 02, 2012 09:25

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  I tried the switches oec and dacia but I get the following error:
  
  SQL Compare Command Line V10.0.0.143
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  Copyright © Red Gate Software Ltd 1999-2011
  
  Error: Invalid value for switch /options: oec. Please use SQLCompare.exe /? or SQLCompare.exe /verbose /? for more information.
  
  I also tried the full switch names, ObjectExistenceChecks and DropAndCreateInsteadOfAlter, but got the same error.
  
  note the version downloaded from web is 10.0.0.143, not 10.1

  stephenk April 03, 2012 04:57

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  If you use Check for Updates in the tool (Help menu), it will download v10.1. This version will appear on the main download soon.
  
  Apologies for this.
  
  David Atkinson
  Red Gate

  David Atkinson April 03, 2012 05:23

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  Hi
  
  It seems ObjectExistenceChecks is always on in SQL Compare 10.2 when generating deployment script with command line. I'm using these options:
  
  /Project:Core_rollout.scp /Scriptfile:Scripts\Rollout_2_Auto_Gen_Schema.sql /Force /ScriptEncoding:ASCII /Options:None,DecryptPost2KEncryptedObjects,IgnoreDatabaseAndServerName,IgnoreFileGroups,IgnoreFillFactor,IgnoreIndexLockProperties,IgnoreNotForReplication,IgnorePermissions,IgnoreReplicationTriggers,IgnoreStatistics,IgnoreUserProperties,IgnoreUsers,IgnoreWhiteSpace,IgnoreWithElementOrder,IgnoreWithNocheck,IgnoreConstraintNames,DisableSOCForLiveDBs,IgnoreStatisticsNorecompute,NoTransactions
  
  and it always inserts existance checks.
  
  The reason why I am trying to disable check is that SQL Compare generates strange name for bindings in the existance check part:
  ...AND default_object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].dbo.[D_FlagFalse]]]', 'D'))
  which doesn't work
  
  Any ideas how to get rid of any of those 2 issues?
  
  Kind regards
  Taras

  Taras B June 01, 2013 10:13

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  Small addition to my previous post: seems ObjectExistenceChecks in my case comes from the .scp file and is not overriden by command line.

  Taras B June 01, 2013 10:19

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