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  1. Enhance support for default constraints

    I need to replicate a database for read-only reporting purposes and the production database is littered with all sorts of default constraints.

    For example:
    ALTER TABLE [schema].[table] ADD CONSTRAINT [DFtablecolumn] DEFAULT ('Unknown') FOR [column].
    This is what the definition is in SSMS.

    In SQL Compare:

    [column] [varchar] (15) COLLATE SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DFtable_column] DEFAULT -- No text is available,

    Now the constraint fails AND the comma separator for the next line is missing.

    Another fun one:

    [SCD Surrogate Hash Key] AS (CONVERT([varbinary](64),hashbytes('SHA2_512',coalesce(CONVERT([varbinary](50),[column]),0x00)+0x0001))) PERSISTED NOT NULL,

    And SQL Compare loses all track…

    4 votes
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  2. SQL Compare Timeout for batch jobs

    We really need the ability to specify big timeout periods as we're dealing with large tables with breaking changes (adding constraints) which require rebuilding the table, and we have no luck completing the task due to short timeout in SQL Compare.

    4 votes
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  3. Constraint and Index Names

    Currently, there is an option to ignore constraint and index names. Please separate out indexes from constraint names.

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  4. Add Summary Details to Script

    It would be helpful if the comment header of scripts generated by SQL Compare included the list of Actions present in the Summary tab of the Deployment dialog box.

    We keep copies of all Production deployment scripts, but without scanning through the entire script, it can be hard to identify what is going on in each script. Having an option to include that data in the comment header would make it easier for us to track down and review what changes went out with what release.

    3 votes
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  5. I have found that User Defined Data Types are not scripted after stored procedures that use that data type.

    I have found that User Defined Data Types are not scripted after stored procedures that use that data type.

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  6. Add Ignore whitespace in string literals option

    The behavior of the "Ignore whitespace" option was changed in version 13.3:
    SC-9967: "Ignore whitespace" option is no longer applied to string literals

    This option would retain legacy functionality by adding the ability to still ignore whitespace in string literals.

    3 votes
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  7. Attempts to add columns to table after dropping it in generated script

    I just updated to SQL Compare version 13.4.0.6563 and tried to generate an update script for a database.

    Several tables should have had two columns added to them but there seems to be a bug as the generated script followed these steps for each:

    1 Drop primary key
    2 Drop table
    3 Add columns to table

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  8. Delete custom filter confirmation

    I would like to see an option when clicking the trash can next to a custom filter rule, it would ask "Are you sure..." (I'll leave the text up to you). Too many times, I have clicked on the trash can instead of the pencil (edit) and poof--all my filters for that object type are gone.

    3 votes
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  9. Next/Previous Difference buttons to keep cursor in middle of text

    Currently, when going through differences, the highlighted line can be at the bottom of the window, so subsequent lines cannot be seen. It would be better if the view scrolled around the cursor position so that the current difference was always in the middle of the window.

    3 votes
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  10. in sql compare, list of items changed should be readable from scp file

    Sql compare produces an scp file which is an xml file. However, the contents of the change is compacted and encoded, and not readable in text editor.
    I wish the list of objects to change can be directly readable from the xml. "Generate comparison results report" is bulky and cumbersome. It would be nice if we have some very short summary in the scp file itself.

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  11. Add RefreshView as an option

    Can you add an option that will add the "RefreshView" statement after Alter statements for views?

    Thank you.

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  12. Create a snapshot of target database before deployment

    I usually create a snapshot of the target database before each deployment so I can compare again later to see the changes or generate a reversal script on selected objects. Please add the option to the Deployment wizard alongside "Back up target before deployment"

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  13. Add a possibility to update all installed Redgate tools

    I have installed the SQL Toolbelt and I would like to update all its components in one shot. Currently, It is possible only by downloading the setup of Toolbelt from Redgate site and "re-installing" the products.

    When I go to Help->Check Updates for particular component, let's say SQL Compare, only this component can be updated. And mostly I have to close All my SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) session and Visual Studio (VS) Sessions for the
    update, which is time-consuming, but I guess makes sense.

    But after this, I start again all my SSMS and VS sessions and When I…

    3 votes
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  14. Save Group By Value in Sql Compare

    Save the state of the Group By drop down so that we don't have to change it with each managed project.

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  15. More efficient scripting for non-varchar/nvarchar extended properties

    At the moment, extended properties that are varchar or nvarchar are scripted out by SQL Compare as literals ('value' or N'value'). Unfortunately every other data type is scripted out over three lines (plus a GO), declaring an @xp variable of the appropriate data type, SELECTing (not SETting) its value, and finally adding the property.

    With heavy use of extended properties, or even mild use of non-(n)varchar properties, change scripts (and object scripts in SQL Source Control) can become huge pretty quickly. This causes various issues, not least of which is readability during peer review/PR approval.

    I'd like to see this…

    3 votes
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  16. Export HTML via "Generate Comparison Results Report" using Command Shell

    There should be a way to Export HTML via "Generate Comparison Results Report" using Command Shell.
    When we have a ".scp" file which contains the Information about the Databases to be compared, which is saved as a project.scp.
    In this case, if we have a ".scp" file, then is there any command to export the html.?

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  17. Easier Method to Snapshot Multiple Databases from same server(s)

    1) SQL Compare has handy database snapshot ability to a folder. It would be great if rather than creating 1 database snapshot at a time you could tick each of the databases you'd like a snapshot created for.

    2) Would be cool if like SQL Multiscript tool, you can speficity multiple servers and databases and have the snapshots named and/or placed in folders with server and database names.

    3 votes
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  18. Fix the selection of working folders

    Let me change the location of the users data folders. The application creates a folder inside the Documents folder. When I change the location in the Application options dialog still a folder inside the Documents folder is being used. I want my Documents folder not to be used by this application

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  19. unicode

    Please support Unicode. The current version can not display my descriptions of fields with Unicode.

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  20. Make script file an editable text file so we review, edit or programmatically generate the file.

    Make script file an editable plain text file so we review, edit or programmatically generate the file.

    Once the script file is used, there is no good way to retrieve what were included in that file, especially if the included objects have been removed.

    It will help us keep track of changes across multiple scripts (SCP) over time.

    Make it an option to compress it in case it is a large deployment.

    3 votes
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