SQL Server Team-based Development - Red Gate Software

Chapter 4: Managing Deployments
Function SqlDataCompare
{
param($Server1, $Database1, $Server2, $Database2)
$Command = '&"C:\Program Files\Red Gate\SQL Data Compare 8\sqldatacompare.exe" /
Server1:' + $Server1 + ' /database1:' + $Database1 + ' /server2:' + $Server2 + ' /
database2:' + $Database2 + ' /synchronize'
Invoke-Expression $Command
}
Listing 4-19: Synchronizing the data using PowerShell.
The advantage of having these commands as methods is that you can store them in a
PowerShell script file. That file can be included in any subsequent PowerShell script or at
the interactive console, in order to perform the synchronization, as shown in Listing 4-20.
.\SqlCompare.ps1
SqlCompare '.' 'NorthwindDev' '(local)' 'Northwind'
SqlDataCompare '.' 'NorthwindDev' '(local)' 'Northwind'
The complete script used in this example can be found in the downloadable .zip file
, as the file: SQLCompare.ps1
Listing 4-20: Automating the synchronization.
Automation with CruiseControl
In addition to the techniques discussed, there are a few dedicated continuous integration
tools and frameworks, which you might consider. Once such is CruiseControl.NET
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/ccnet/).
From the CruiseControl configuration file, we can use the SQL Compare command line
to deploy the scripts folder held in the source control system to a real database. The full
CruiseControl configuration file is included with the code download, but the key snippet
is shown in Listing 4-21. It assumes the professional edition of SQL Compare, since using
the command line and using a script folder are both professional features.
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