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vitoco
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 Posted - 2008-05-14 : 13:11:07
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| Hi.I want to compare the database structure (tables, indexes, sp...) of a huge running database with some old backups of it, without restoring them, to detect some object's changes. Data is not required at this time.Is there a tool to extract the database structure into a SQL file directly from the .bak file?Thanks... ++VitocoPS: I wrote such a tool for Oracle 7 many years ago. I hope someone did the same for SQL Server ;-) |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-05-14 : 13:13:06
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| you have to restore it to find out. |
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vitoco
Starting Member
22 Posts |
Posted - 2008-05-14 : 13:27:53
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| Is there a way to restore only the structure of the database (with a reduced sizing parameters)? I didn't find an option, and I don't have enought room to restore a full database.++V |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-05-14 : 22:27:54
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| No you can't. |
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Extract database structure from backup