ApexSQL Compare knowledgebase – Table of contents

Permissions and requirements

• Minimal SQL Server permissions for ApexSQL Developer tools
• Minimum requirements for installing ApexSQL Compare
• Supported software for ApexSQL Compare

Configuration and setup

• How to remove ApexSQL tools from SQL Server Management Studio
• How to install ApexSQL add-ins and integrate them into SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio
• How to remove add-ins just from Visual Studio while retaining them in SQL Server Management Studio

File comparison

• How to compare two SQL scripts/objects and export comparison results

Features

• Save project as batch file

Reports and exports

• Inventory of ApexSQL Compare output files

Command line interface

• ApexSQL Compare Command Line Interface (CLI) switches
• Utilizing the “no differences detected” return code in ApexSQL change management console applications