Feature request: Data compare on same DB

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brace
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Feature request: Data compare on same DB

Post by brace » Mon 29 Nov 2010 10:50

I tried the dbFOrge trials. Very nice, all the options i needed were there.

But is it possible to have a kind of comparison as embarcadero's change manager does?

Something like:

1) I start monitoring against one DB
2) I perform some operations in THAT DB (like I click a button in a client application)
3) I stop monitoring and I check the results on THAT DB (for example Address field was changed in customer 143)

Of Course I can "simulate" this by duplicating the DB and then perform changes on the duplicated db and compare data between db1 and db2, but this of course will take time and it is not practical.

Will you consider adding this feature or create a dedicated product (less expensive than Embarcadero's one and with this "only" feature as main feature)

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Post by .jp » Mon 29 Nov 2010 12:47

Thank you for your suggestion.
Similar functionality is implemented in dbForge Schema Compare that allows to compare database schema snapshots.
Now we are considering to implement such functionality for the data itself. But we have not decided yet if it should be a separate product or a new functionality in Data Compare.

brace
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Post by brace » Mon 29 Nov 2010 13:18

Thanks for the reply. For me there is no difference between a new product or puttin gthis in Data Compare. Since Schema Compare already has this probably it would make sense to add it to Data Compare. Anyway it is up to you.

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