Using SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare within a PowerShell Cmdlet

SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used together, from the command line, to provide a complete build process, or to script out changes to both the database and its development data. For doing this routinely, I find it easiest to script the operation using PowerShell. Read more

Testing SQL Server Stored Procedures and Functions with SQL Data Compare

Phil Factor demonstrates a cunning way to test stored procedures or functions, such as after refactoring, by storing the 'before' and 'after' results in views and then using SQL Data Compare to spot any discrepancies. Read more

SQL Compare 14.0: A Command Line Interface on Linux and support for SQL Server 2019

SQL Compare is the industry standard tool for comparing and deploying database schema changes, and version 14.0 now provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) on Linux (available as a beta, at time of writing). Teams working with SQL Server on Linux, or across multiple platforms, benefit from seamless development processes, driven by SQL Compare, without Read more

Build and fill a database using JSON and SQL Change Automation

Phil Factor demonstrates how to export data from a database, as JSON files, validate it using JSON Schema, then build a fresh development copy of the database using SQL Change Automation, and import all the test data from the JSON files. Read more

How to deploy a database plus static data using SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare

Tony Davis shows how to get a database, plus any static data, into source control, and then uses the "/include:StaticData" switch in the SQL Compare Pro command line, fromPowerShell, to automate the process of creating a new build script. Read more

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