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Comparing live with a backup
Hah! You thought I'd disappeared!
You will remember that I was having problems with the alpha version (whatever happened to the Beta?) trying to compare a backup with a live database. It was a simp...
Eeek! probs comparing database with 2 million rw with backup
Hmmm. trying the simple exercise of comparing a database that has a table with two million rows in it (and not much else) with its SQB backup seems to cause dire problems. The first time I tried it...
Suggestion re command-line documentation
OK OK!
one eventually discovers how to get the really good documentation for using command-line SQL Data compare via the geeky invocation
SQLDataCompare /help /verbose /html >cmdhelp.html
(and t...
SQL Data Compare migrates schema changes?
The online help implies you can migrate schema changes from one database to another using SQL Data Compare. Like changes to table structure, rules, SPs, function?
To migrate schema changes from t...
Small bug in RC1-timeout registering database during compare
Here is an oddity. I chose to compare a backup with the live database. Everything worked fine whilst making up the project and I was able to click on the tab that allowed me to pick the tables to c...
Parameters for User-defined functions
When one selects a user-defined functions for one of the columns, I'd expect to have the brackets for the parameters inserted and some clue to what parameters the function expects. As the variable...
Suggestion for tooltips
I'm an instinctive user of tooltips and they aren't there with your icons. It would be nice as there are a lot of people like me who cannot make head nor tail of icons.
disconnecting from database in QA, then connected to another
I've hit a problem. If I connect to a local database in the Query Analyser, and then disconnect. Then I connect to another database using the same instance of Query analyser, then SQL Prompt seems ...
Eeek! Tried it on another PC. Installed OK, then Crashed
Thought I'd try it on another PC. Win2K SQL2K client stuff etc. No known problems. This time it installed. Cranked up Enterprise Manager, Selected server and database, clicked on Tools query analys...
Failure to start SQL Prompt after installation
Eeek!
On installing...
"Failed to start SQL Prompt. Could not install CBT Hook: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xE95B0F01) Exception from HRESULT: 0xE95b0F01 at system.Runtime.Interop...