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Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Tue 17 Nov 2020 18:48
by glittle
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.)
Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Wed 18 Nov 2020 07:44
by dzhanhira
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.
Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Mon 23 Nov 2020 17:55
by glittle
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".
Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Tue 24 Nov 2020 08:42
by dzhanhira
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
Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Wed 25 Nov 2020 17:25
by glittle
Thanks for the reply.
Here is what I see in the menus. As you can see, "New Schema Comparison" is missing.
Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Thu 26 Nov 2020 07:30
by dzhanhira
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
Re: Schema Comparison - Missing?
Posted: Thu 26 Nov 2020 17:00
by glittle
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.