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  1. Please add support for VSS

    Please add support for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

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    • Allow pre-filtering of objects before running a schema comparison

      Specifically, please allow exclusion of packages, as our DBAs have restricted access to the all_source table.

      (If you vote on this idea please mention any specific or general rules you'd like to pre-filter by)

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      • Schema Compare - Local Indexes

        when migrating indexes in schema compare,bitmap indexes on a partitioned table fail - local clause missing

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        • Use Insert, Update, Delete commands instead of execute immediate

          I would prefer if the generated script would use insert/update/delete commands for each records instead of execute immediate.

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          • Bug in compare with virtual column

            When I do a schema compare that has added a virtual column the alter table command that it generates has a bug in it.
            The statement it generates is:
            ALTER TABLE vendor_portal_user.vendor_contacts ADD (dbupper_username VARCHAR2(30 BYTE) GENERATED ALWAYS AS (UPPER("DBUSER_NAME")));

            Which results in error:
            ORA-54015: Duplicate column expression was specified

            The correct syntax is:
            alter table VENDOR_PORTAL_USER.VENDOR_CONTACTS add dbupper_username as (UPPER(DBUSER_NAME));

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            • Edit a project

              Please add a way of editing an existing project

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              • View the parameters used in the creation of the project

                Once created, there is no easy way to see which parameters were used (and none for things like username, and what the user connected as)

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                • Support for IBM Rational ClearCase

                  Please add support for IBM Rational ClearCase to Source Control for Oracle

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                  • Exclude schema name in deployment script for Data Compare for Oracle

                    When generating a deployment script in Schema Compare for Oracle you have the option to 'Exclude schema names in the deployment script'. Please could we have the same functionality in Data Compare for Oracle. This would be very useful when applying the script to different schemas.

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                    • Support for Serena PVCS

                      Please add support for Serena PVCS Version Manager (PVCS VM)
                      http://www.serena.com/index.php/en/products/pvcs-vm/

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                      • Add Versioning Support for Directory Objects

                        It would be nice if SC for Oracle could add versioning support for directory objects and their privileges.

                        These are the directory objects that are created like this:

                        CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY temp AS 'c:\temp';

                        and the list of directory objects comes from sys.all_directories and their permissions from all_tab_privs, like this:

                        SELECT all_tab_privs.*
                        FROM all_directories
                        JOIN all_tab_privs ON (all_tab_privs.table_schema = 'SYS' AND all_directories.directory_name = all_tab_privs.table_name);

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                        • Rename column - instead of drop and create

                          If a column is renamed, Schema Compare for Oracle sees this as a drop and create, so during the table rebuild data is preserved asides from the “new” column.

                          Could you make this work similarly to SQL Compare and execute a rename instead?

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                          • Add Versioning Support for Materialized Views and MV Logs

                            It would be nice if Source Control for Oracle could support versioning materialized views and materialized view logs.

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                            • Add Versioning Support for Database Links

                              It would be nice if SC for Oracle could have support for versioning both public and private database links.

                              For private db links, because only the schema owner can create them, you might need to version them, but not expect to be able to create/replace them via the SC for Oracle interface, because the person logged into version control may not be the owner of the schema (and thus, couldn't create them). If nothing else, you could at least let us know when they differ from what's in source control, and we can manually (outside of SC for Oracle) adjust…

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                              • Revert to a previous version

                                Please add the ability to revert my schema(s) to a previous from the history tab.

                                I understand this is currently possible by checking the version out to a folder, and using Schema Compare to deploy changes, but it would be much more convenient (and cheaper!) from within Source Control.

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                                • Undo changes before they are checked in

                                  Please add the ability to undo changes to an object in the check in screen. They should be undone to the latest version in source control.

                                  Much like this feature in SQL Source Control: http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/content/SQL_Source_Control/help/3.1/SSC_Undo

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                                  • Version public synonyms whose referenced objects are in my project

                                    Our application has public synonyms that should be versioned along with our application, but Source Control for Oracle isn’t picking up the public synonyms that point to objects in our versioned schemas.

                                    Would it be possible to look for public synonyms whose referenced object is in the list of schemas that are in the SC project? For example, if my project schemas were ‘MY_SCHEMA1’ and ‘MY_SCHEMA2’, then SC for Oracle would look to version any public synonyms with a query like this:

                                    SELECT *
                                    FROM all_synonyms
                                    WHERE owner = 'PUBLIC'
                                    AND table_owner IN ('MY_SCHEMA1', 'MY_SCHEMA2');

                                    That way, SC can weed…

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                                    • Support versioning Java within the Oracle database

                                      Please add support for versioning Java source code within the Oracle database, for example Java Stored Procedures

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                                      • Filter objects added to source control

                                        In our schema(s) there is a mixture of third party code that we don't touch, and our own code where we'll amend and add objects. Please add a way to filter out the third party objects.

                                        (If you vote on this, please let us know if the objects concerned are named in a particular way that would make filtering easier)

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                                        • Maven plugin

                                          With a maven plugin developers could easily automate deploys. The plugin should be configureable, but include the possibilites of first pulling from a developer database into svn. Then pushing the changes from svn (including other changes registered in SVN) towards a deploy test database.

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