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Hi Crispin,
Thanks for the reply - that's confirmed that it's the bug we thought it was. We're aiming to get a patch some time next week, as soon as we've got it tested.
If you'd be willing to give a pre-release build a test to make sure we've fixed the problem for you, then that would be great. If so, drop me an email at robert dot chipperfield at red-gate dotcom, and I'll get one out to you as soon as we can.
Many thanks,
Robert / comments
Hi Crispin,
Thanks for the reply - that's confirmed that it's the bug we thought it was. We're aiming to get a patch some time next week, as soon as we've got it tested.
If you'd be willing to give...
Hi,
Just to let you know, 6.1 is now out. You can get this by going to Check for Updates on the Help menu.
Robert / comments
Hi,
Just to let you know, 6.1 is now out. You can get this by going to Check for Updates on the Help menu.
Robert
Hi,
We've just identified another issue there which didn't get caught in 6.1, unfortunately. However, this time there is a workaround which should get you going again.
If you have a look in the registry of the target (destination) SQL Server, you should find a key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer. Within that key, if you could create a string value named "BackupDirectory", and with a value of your default backup directory for that server, then hopefully that should get Data Compare running again.
If you're comparing to a named instance as the target server, then the key will be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\<instance identifier, like MSSQL.1>\MSSQLServer instead.
The BackupDirectory value exists in almost all cases, but for some reason some machines occasionally seem to be missing it.
We've fixed the bug internally, so the next release will obviously not need this workaround.
Hope that helps,
Robert / comments
Hi,
We've just identified another issue there which didn't get caught in 6.1, unfortunately. However, this time there is a workaround which should get you going again.
If you have a look in the reg...
Hi,
Sorry about that - it's a known issue which affects some SQL Server 2000 servers with SQL Data Compare 6. We've fixed it in version 6.1, which should hopefully be released in the next few weeks.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Robert / comments
Hi,
Sorry about that - it's a known issue which affects some SQL Server 2000 servers with SQL Data Compare 6. We've fixed it in version 6.1, which should hopefully be released in the next few weeks...
Hi,
OK, we'll certainly bear that in mind. I believe our current difference algorithm just works at the line level, so it'd be a fairly major change, but I can see why you might want it.
Thanks,
Robert / comments
Hi,
OK, we'll certainly bear that in mind. I believe our current difference algorithm just works at the line level, so it'd be a fairly major change, but I can see why you might want it.
Thanks,
Ro...
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion - it's something we've been looking at in the past, so hopefully it will make it into a future version of Data Compare! Just for reference, it's in our issue tracking system as SDC-669, and I've added a link to this post to that issue.
Thanks,
Robert / comments
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion - it's something we've been looking at in the past, so hopefully it will make it into a future version of Data Compare! Just for reference, it's in our issue tracking ...
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Has the database schema changed since you created the project in the GUI? The tables compared on the command line should match those compared in the GUI if you use the /project switch.
If you'd like to send me the GUI project and details of those tables that are being compared that you don't think should be and vice versa, I'll take a look and see if I can see where it's going wrong. My email address is robert dot chipperfield at red-gate.com.
Thanks,
Robert / comments
Hi,
Has the database schema changed since you created the project in the GUI? The tables compared on the command line should match those compared in the GUI if you use the /project switch.
If you'd...
Hi,
You're correct about the use of the /include switch on the command line - unfortunately in 6.0 it doesn't pick up the table selections you make in the GUI. Hopefully 6.1 should be released some time in the next few weeks, and that should make life a bit easier!
As for backup before sync on the command line, this isn't currently available, but is something we'd consider adding in a future release if there were demand for it.
Thanks for the posts,
Robert / comments
Hi,
You're correct about the use of the /include switch on the command line - unfortunately in 6.0 it doesn't pick up the table selections you make in the GUI. Hopefully 6.1 should be released some...
Hi,
Just to let you know, 6.1 is now out. You can get this by going to Check for Updates on the Help menu.
Robert / comments
Hi,
Just to let you know, 6.1 is now out. You can get this by going to Check for Updates on the Help menu.
Robert
Hi Jeff,
If you could contact support@red-gate.com, they should be able to provide you with a private release which should solve this problem.
Hope that helps,
Robert / comments
Hi Jeff,
If you could contact support@red-gate.com, they should be able to provide you with a private release which should solve this problem.
Hope that helps,
Robert