Posted by M Bourgon on 07/12/07 15:17

On Jul 11, 9:53 pm, acorcoran <acorco...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I know you are looking for free, but it looks like the other response
> covers that in pretty good detail. If you want to buy some tools that
> are easy on the company's pocketbook, I'd suggest taking a look at
> RedGate's software package. Quest/Litespeed are defacto leader's I'd
> say, however RedGate's array of tools are wonderful, as are the
> prices.

Yup. Using a couple products from Quest and a couple from Red Gate,
SQL Sentry, plus a couple others. :)

> You'll find tools to make your life quite a bit better. If you have
> an MSDN license at work, take a look at Visual Studio Team Systems for
> Database Professionals (out of breath after typing that one). You'll
> find quite a bit of tools (schema compares, data compares, unit
> testing, deployment methods, data generations, etc). It is a great
> tool to help you with the deployment mechanisms.

I'll have to give a look at it. We do and I've seen it, I just saw
the sheer number of windows when it opened and my eyes glazed over.
But I'll take a look. Thanks!

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