Schema Comparison - Missing?

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glittle
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Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by glittle » Tue 17 Nov 2020 18:48

I just installed dbForge for Oracle. The Fusion menu appears under "Extensions".

The Fusion / Oracle menu does not contain "New Schema Comparison" as described here https://docs.devart.com/fusion-for-orac ... hemas.html

How do I do a comparison?

(If I could attach an image here, I could show the menu that I do get.)

dzhanhira
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Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by dzhanhira » Wed 18 Nov 2020 07:44

if you use dbForge Fusion for Oracle Professional Edition, then New Schema Comparison can be found:
MainMenu -> Extensions -> Oracle -> New Schema Comparison.

Also, I would like to recommend, in your case, to use Studio, not Fusion.

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Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by glittle » Mon 23 Nov 2020 17:55

Thanks for your reply.

I'm not familiar with all the DevArt tools... can you explain what "Studio" is? I have "dotConnect for Oracle" which includes "dbForge Fusion for Oracle" which includes this feature: "Option to compare and synchronize Oracle database schemas"

But I cannot find it.

After installation, the VS 2019 menus include "Extension / Fusion" but not "Extension / Oracle".

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Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by dzhanhira » Tue 24 Nov 2020 08:42

MainMenu -> Extensions -> Fusion -> Oracle -> New Schema Comparison
dbForge Studio for Oracle is a standalone application, dbForge Fusion for Oracle - pluggin for Visual Studio,
The functionality is similar, but in Studio it is more modern.

Here we have the list of Features for Studio:
https://www.devart.com/dbforge/oracle/s ... tures.html

glittle
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Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by glittle » Wed 25 Nov 2020 17:25

Thanks for the reply.

Here is what I see in the menus. As you can see, "New Schema Comparison" is missing.

Image

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Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by dzhanhira » Thu 26 Nov 2020 07:30

Could you please clarify which edition of dbForge Fusion do you have installed? You can check it in the About window:
MainMenu -> Extensions -> Fusion -> Oracle -> About

Schema Compare is available in Professional edition.
The list of features by edition: https://www.devart.com/dbforge/oracle/f ... tions.html

glittle
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Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?

Post by glittle » Thu 26 Nov 2020 17:00

That solves it.

I have "dotConnect for Oracle Developer Edition" which includes "dbForge Fusion for Oracle Standard Edition".

The documentation at https://docs.devart.com/fusion-for-orac ... hemas.html and the other pages about "Fusion for Oracle" don't mention that the schema comparison is a limited feature.

Thanks for explaining it.

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