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  1. Respect system anti aliasing settings on dialog boxes

    Due to eyesight problems, I have to turn off all anti aliasing, or I get very big headaches and it's impossible to work.

    While the main UI of SQLDC (and all other RedGate tools for that matter) respects this setting and renders correctly, quite a lot of the dialog boxes (such as "running deployment", "comparing databases", "new project" and "application options") do not.

    I apologise in advance if this sounds like nit picking and a minor inconvenience to you, but this is something that I have to struggle with every day.

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  2. respect "smooth screen fonts" setting

    I have eyesight issues that mean that I need to take steps to reduce my eye strain when using the computer. One of the things that seems to help (counter intuitively, it would seem) is to switch off "smooth edges of screen fonts". However RedGate tools seem to ignore this setting altogether.

    Can you guys address this please? It doesn't affect SQL Source Control (fortunately), but render SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare physically painful to use at times.

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  3. Escape to close value details

    In SQL Data Compare, when I click on the box to show Value details, the box pops up just fine. However, I really really want it to close when I hit Escape. Having to actually 'X' out of that box bothers me. I may have dozens or hundreds of records I need to check quickly, and it takes so much longer.

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  4. plz add support for datetime/timestamp values to sql data compare

    Yes its difficult to implement. And maybe not possible in all ways. But we have here really simple SQL 2 SQL Server Comparsions and enable the sync of timestamps would really helpful.

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  5. Data obfuscation / masking

    Perhaps include an option to allow for data masking / obfuscation in SQL Data Compare.
    I think this will help with moving data from Prod to Dev for example.

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    declined  ·  Richard Mitchell responded

    You may want to investigate our tool SQL Data Generator which can do exactly what you want.

    We’ll be looking into making it easier to setup masking so if you’d like to chat about your details requirements please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

  6. calculated Comparision failed primary Key not found, but exists

    There is an PK defined as PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED, this Key will not be found AS comparison Key in Version 12, in Version 11 OK

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    declined  ·  Sam Blackburn responded

    Unfortunately we’re not able to reproduce this issue in our lab. If the primary keys have different names on left/right then both versions 11 and 12 report “unable to compare” but we can’t find any regression in the new major version. We will be happy to continue the investigation if you can send us a reproduction.

  7. Fix Installer for version 11

    Just goes to a blank "installation summary" report and stalls after checking for running applications.

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    declined  ·  AdminMichael Upton (Development Lead, Redgate) responded

    I’m sorry to hear you’ve had problems with the Data Compare installer. The support team should be able to help you resolve this – please e-mail support@red-gate.com

    This uservoice forum is intended to help us prioritise longer term feature requests, while the support team are there to help with individual bug-fixing/problem solving.

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