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  1. Compare database settings such as snapshot isolation

    Have SQL Compare be able to compare database level settings in sys.databases such as isolation level

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  2. In SQL Compare, have "SQL Prompt view tab" with SQL Prompt Professional licence, not just the SQL Toolbelt licence

    We want to use the SQL Prompt view tab in SQL Compare, but you apparently specifically need the SQL Toolbelt or SQL Toolbelt Essential licence.

    We don't have SQL Toolbelt (anymore), but we have both Redgate Deploy and SQL Prompt Professional, and i believe we also have all the tools shipped with SQL Toolbelt.

    Can't this tab also be made available for people using Redgate Deploy and/or SQL Prompt Professional, as we have all the tools/software of the Toolbelt already (i guess), but the bundle is named different...?

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  3. compare multple databases

    I'm going through an exercise of determining object changes between versions of an app suite containing 55 databases.
    It would be nice to be able to specify which databases to compare during a single run instead of processing it one database at a time.

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  4. No error should be reported when two databases are identical

    While using command line to generate a difference report (in html format), if the two databases are identical, the console output says:

    Error: The selected objects are identical or no objects have been selected in the comparison. Use /include:Identical to suppress this error.

    If I include the /include:Identical switch, then the error is not reported on the console, but the output html file has all the objects in it.

    I don't want the console error as well as don't want the identical objects in the html file. This is what I want:

    1. Don't want to use the /include:Identical switch
    2. If…
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  5. Allow Connections to Microsoft Fabric SQL Databases

    I would love to be able to use the tools I know and love to access Microsoft Fabric SQL Databases.

    Currently when connecting to Fabric SQL Databases the following error is displayed: "Fabric is not currently supported."

    I ask that Fabric be supported by all products in the SQL Toolbelt, but specifically, SQL Prompt, SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare.

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  6. Pull filter from source controlled database

    When comparing a source controlled database (SSC) to a live database, it would make sense to use the source controlled database's object filter (filter.scpf file) when running the comparison instead of having to manually recreate the filter inside of the SCP project. Also, it would be better if the SCP project stored a link to the filter file used instead of storing the filter string, as it is very inconvenient to have to maintain these separately. If the filter file is changed in SSC, I want SCP to be able to pick up the change automatically.

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  7. Sync a Database to a Source Control Repository

    We really need the ability to "sync" a database to VCS repository, not just compare. I know this limitation exists by design because conflicts can be missed, but we have a scenario that demands it. We have batch check-ins that can take up to a half a day to commit manually.

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  8. CSV should use entirely empty value (no "") for null

    Current behaviour: the CSV file represents null as the 8-character string “<NULL>” . e.g. If I have a table with an integer primary key column id, a varchar column a, and a varchar column b, and the table has one newly-inserted row (1, NULL, “asdf”), the CSV file would look like this:

    o “Type”,”idk”,”as”,”at”,”bs”,”b_t”
    o “In1”,”1”,”<NULL>”,””,”asdf”,””

    Desired behaviour: allow the CSV file to represent null as a completely empty entry. E.g. the CSV file would look like this:

    o “Type”,”idk”,”as”,”at”,”bs”,”b_t”
    o “In1”,”1” ,, ””,”asdf”,””

    Suggested options:

    1) Command line switch toggling between…

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  9. Always trust server certificate via option

    Version 15 adds checkboxes for Encryption and to Trust a server certificate, but if you don't maintain proper certificates you now always need to check the Trust server certificate box on both servers for new comparisons. It would be great if there was an option to default the behavior of these checkboxes to fit your environment.

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  10. Ignore database variables used in Visual Studio Project

    There are cases when for continuous intergration we use Visual Studio Project 2013 to build our databses. Sometimes we need to use database variables these look like: [$(DatabaseName)]. Though Visual Studio can recognize it as a variable, redgate will not and will output that as it is for deployment or comparison.There need to be an option where these variables can be ignored or output using the variable name which is specified in the project.

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  11. ignore timestamp - binary 8 differences in databases

    It is an option in sql replication to map rowversion/timestamp columns to binary(8) columns. It would be a nice option for sql compare to allow for this difference between databases. Without it every table is flagged up as being different which is a headache.

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  12. Install updates for all products at once

    I'm using the Update software feature directly from the application. we have 3 products licensed, and i have to run all 3 updates separetely. i would be nice to install all 3 products with one setup run.

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  13. Add an option to ignore seed value when scripting sequences.

    There is an option to ignore identity seed values but none for sequence seed values.

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  14. Add an option to the behavior section to include SORT_IN_TEMPDB = ON on all of the CREATE INDEX statements.

    For those of us working with data warehouses, using SORTINTEMPDB is the default behavior we need.

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  15. Autofill fields for "Create new snapshot" using the other database selected

    The source for create new snapshot defaults to database. Automatically populate Server, Authentication, Database and New Snapshot name using the Database information on the other side of the compare window.

    Customizable name tags for the new snapshot name would be perfect: [SERVER][DATABASE][DATETIME].snp

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  16. Allow SQL Compare to ignore difference due to ALTER and CREATE

    When comparing a VS 2012 database project to a database, when the only difference is ALTER vs. CREATE (which happens because a stored procedure ALTER was executed directly, then saved) the comparison fails. An option to ignore this difference would be very handy.

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  17. Ignore datatypes

    I created a new database based on an existing but replaced all datetime columns by datetime2(2) and do not want to show this as difference neither want it be rolled back, when I create deployment scripts.

    Same could happen, if I change the size of a varchar, decimal or integer datatypes (bigint <> int <> smallint ...) and even, if a number is in one database is stored in a varchar field, I could want to ignore this and deploy only everything else

    See also
    https://redgate.uservoice.com/forums/141379-sql-compare/suggestions/7109654-an-ignore-option-for-differences-between-varchar
    which suggests to ignore varchar vs. nvarchar

    BTW: I solved my problem by syncing…

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  18. Compare against Database Projects

    It would be great to see SQL Compare support Visual Studio Database Projects (.sqlproj).

    Current if you choose Source Control | Scripts, you can point to the project folder, but then SQL Compare gets confused because it loads in extra .sql files (eg. the 'create database'.sql that gets put in the build output 'bin' folder).

    Selecting the 'Tables' sub-folder works more reliably (if just comparing tables!), but then pushing changes down to the files results in schema that no longer compiles because the SSDT tools require 'GO' separators between each DDL statement.

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  19. Search within objects

    Compare already has a search filter, however it would be great if you could also search within the objects and not just by the object names.

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  20. Object permissions in separate files instead of inside object definition

    Presently, when syncing database to folder, all object permissions are stored inside object definition files. We would like to change the way permissions are stored; we would like to have an option to store object permissions in separate files.

    For example, the following entry appears in dbo.A.sql file:

    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[A]
    (
    [b] [int] NULL
    ) ON PRIMARY
    GO
    GRANT SELECT ON [dbo].[A] TO [role_x]

    We save data into folders which are then checked into GIT as branches. Or goal is to be able to track all table changes in branches before merging into master branch, which is automatically deployed…

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