What are the best tools for Sql Server version control [closed]

Answer 1

VS 2010 Premium and Ultimate have that built in (Expand database development link)

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products

In short, your database project gets checked into source control, and you deploy to production from the database project.

If you are looking for something that is to be used outside of VS2010 then redgate has a beta http://www.red-gate.com/Products/SQL_Source_Control/index.htm

Answer 2

I use visual studio. eveloper database per developer, using the VIsual Studio 2010 Ultimate database tools - works nicely, "even" against TFS 2010 ;)

Answer 3

Check for the below link :

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/12/is-your-database-under-version-control.html

Tools for the read gate
Sql Compare - Compares and synchronizes SQL database schemas. Sql Data Compare : Compares and synchronizes SQL database contents.

link of 14 day trial version : https://www.red-gate.com/dynamic/downloads/downloadform.aspx?download=sqlcompare

Answer 4

I've just developed this new tool (free) that helps you to easily extract scripts for SQL databases, can do comparison, can launch WinMerge for quickly comparing scripts to live database, and can also synch differences both updating the scripts or applying the changes to the database (except for tables, which would involve more complexity and more risks).

Servantt is the WinMerge for comparing SQL Server Databases to Version-Controlled Scripts.

It supports and encourages best-practices in software development:

• Keeping Database objects under version-control (*)
• Removing access rights from developers on production environments
• DBA review of changes in procedures/views for performance bottlenecks and naming standards
• Naming objects using fully qualified identifiers and bracketed delimiters (it fixes the CREATE PROCEDURE/VIEW/FUNCTION/etc scripts)

(*) Scripts are saved into a local folder that can be a working copy of Git, Subversion, TFS, Source Safe, or any other VCS.

Free Download: http://servantt.com