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We're evaluating DBForge Studio for purchase.

In our development process, it is sometimes necessary to excude certain database objects from schema or data compare. However, the objects that are being excluded in the version 2.0 release might be different from the objects being excluded in the 2.1 release.

In our current setup, there's a file that developers can edit when they make a change that requires a database object to be excluded. It's a text file with a list of object names. When our automated build runs, it reads this file and excludes the objects listed.

I would like to know if there is a command-line parameter for DBForge Studio that would allow me to identify specific DB objects to exclude from data or schema compare. Having developers open the DBForge GUI and edit the configurations in that way is not feasible for us due to licensing and source-code-control concerns.

Thanks in advance.

You can specify the objects to compare for data comparison. Here is the options list that can be used in the command line
http://docs.devart.com/studio-for-sql-server/comparing-synchronizing-data/options-used-in-cmd-for-datacompare.html

Also, you can use the 'Include tables or views by mask' option on the 'Options' page of the data comparison wizard, generate a *.dcomp document with the respective state of the option and use it in the command line interface.

There is no a possibility to ignore specific objects in schema comparison though.

Is it possible to create a file with a list of objects names that I want to INCLUDE, and somehow pass that to DBForge on the command line?

The ability to exclude/include specific objects by name is a dealbreaker for our organization.

You can create a filters list that will be used in the command line using the key: In case the database objects are dynamic and need to be changed periodically, you can manually resave the filter. Or, you can manually specify them in the file.

The filter file has XML structure. However, you need to be careful with that.