Comparison of source control & database not refreshing views

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  SQL Compare is supposed to include an sp_refreshview for every underlying table that changes - can you post the whole command you are using?

  Brian Donahue May 07, 2012 06:56

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  Here it is:
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Red Gate\SQL Compare 10\SQLCompare.exe" /sourcecontrol1 /revision1:Latest /scriptsfolderxml:"%teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\Build\compare.xml" /migrationfolderxml:"%teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\Build\migration.xml"
  /scripts2:"%teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\sourcedb" /options:if,ifg,iw,ie,iq,nt,iu,iup,ip,nc /scriptfile:"%teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\Build\Scripts\%Version%b.sql"
  
  Where %Version% = 4.0.0 (at the moment), check out dir is agent-side default check out dir and the sourcedb folder is the source-controlled (SQL Source Control) schema folder for the version to compare against (couldn't see how to supply 'scriptsfolderxml' for the second source control).
  
  Compare.xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
  <!--
  SQL Compare 10
  SQL Compare
  Version:10.1.0.102-->
  <ISOCCompareLocation version="1" type="SvnLocation">
  <RepositoryUrl>http://[removed]/trunk/database/Schema/</RepositoryUrl&gt;
  </ISOCCompareLocation>
  
  Migration.xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
  <!--
  SQL Compare 10
  SQL Compare
  Version:10.1.0.102-->
  <ISOCCompareLocation version="1" type="SvnLocation">
  <RepositoryUrl>http://[removed]/trunk/database/Migration Scripts/</RepositoryUrl>
  </ISOCCompareLocation>

  matt_hosking May 07, 2012 19:10

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  You will need to add the incd option for the refreshview to be scripted. Ommitting that is the only way I can reproduce the problem.
  
  If this doesn't work, then your database in particular must have a dependency chain that is confusing to SQL Compare. We'll probably need schema snapshots to reproduce the issue in house so we can try to fix it.

  Brian Donahue May 08, 2012 04:34

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  Also, do you get refreshviews when you don't use your deployment scripts? The deployment script is going to replace whatever SQL Compare would have generated so if someone removed the refreshview from the deployment script, that could also have an effect, I think...

  Brian Donahue May 08, 2012 04:37

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  Hi Brian,
  Thanks for the reply, but as I mentioned, I've already tried the 'incd' option, which appears to do the reverse - updates only objects that the current object is dependent on (e.g. function depends on a view), rather than the other way - update the objects that depend on the current object (e.g. views that depend on a table), which I want.
  
  Could this have something to do with migration scripts? Have you tested using the exact command line parameter set? I've found that they do seem to interact somewhat in expected ways when used differently from the norm.

  matt_hosking May 08, 2012 19:11

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  Solved it - it appears that without the 'Default' option included, the 'sp_refreshview' calls are never included (at least for me on 10.1). So my new set of options is:
  
  Default,ie,iq,nt,iu,ip,nc
  
  and everything is working. This should have been equivalent to:
  
  if,ifg,iw,ie,iq,nt,iu,iup,ip,nc,incd
  
  shouldn't it? This set was only missing 'DecryptPost2KEncryptedObjects', 'IgnoreWithElementOrder' and 'IgnoreDatabaseAndServerName' but none of those should have affected the dependencies I would think. Is there something undocumented in the 'Default' option?

  matt_hosking May 08, 2012 21:17

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  There is a description of the default options when you run the program using the /? /v arguments:

  Default (Alias: d) -
  The default options for a sensible comparison: IgnoreFillFactor,
  IgnoreWhiteSpace, IncludeDependencies, IgnoreFileGroups,
  IgnoreUserProperties, IgnoreWithElementOrder,
  IgnoreDatabaseAndServerName, DecryptPost2kEncryptedObjects.

  Brian Donahue May 09, 2012 04:39

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  I read that part (which is how I deduced the options from default I was missing), but as I mentioned, these missing options shouldn't have caused the omission of sp_refreshview or constraints handling. Is there any reason why the default option would be required in order to get this to work? Could it be specific to comparing source control to scripts and / or with migration scripts enabled?

  matt_hosking May 09, 2012 19:08

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  I checked the source code, and the only condition around scripting the refresh was whether or not the dependencies option was listed.
  
  I'll have to check the command-line parser code.

  Brian Donahue May 10, 2012 04:55

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  I don't see a problem, so far. And if I use your option set on the command line with verbose on it says include dependencies is set...

  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreFillFactor (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreFileGroups (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreWhiteSpace (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreExtendedProperties (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreQuotedIdentifiersAndAnsiNullSettings (OK)
  .
  SQL Compare running with option: NoTransactions (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreUsersPermissionsAndRoleMemberships (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreUserProperties (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IgnorePermissions (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: DoNotOutputCommentHeader (OK).
  SQL Compare running with option: IncludeDependencies (OK).

  Brian Donahue May 10, 2012 06:12

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