Compare structures of two databases?

Question

I wanted to ask whether it is possible to compare the complete database structure of two huge databases. We have two databases, the one is a development database, the other a p

Answer 1

SchemaCrawler is a free, platform-independent tool that allows you to compare database structures. The two databases do not need to be online at the same time - you can save your database structure into a human-readable text file. Comaprisons are done using standard diff tools.

I would recommend automating the comparison as a part of build and deploy process, to ensure that your production systems are never out of date.