ocidiff is free of use. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Frank Pettinato <ecpdba97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is the best tool I have ever used for that and it's cheap! > > TOYS - www.impacttoys.com > > hth, > Frank > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* mary_mcneely@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:26:36 PM > *Subject:* Re: Schema comparison tool > > If you are running 11g you could look at the dbms_comparison PL/SQL > package. > > RF > > Robert G. Freeman > Author: > OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide > (Sybex) > Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) > Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) > Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) > Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) > Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) > Other various titles out of print now... > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > The LDS Church is looking for DBA's. You do have to be a Church member in > good standing. A lot of kind people write me, concerned I may be breaking > the law by saying you have to be a Church member. It's legal I promise! :-) > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mary Elizabeth McNeely <mary_mcneely@xxxxxxxxx> > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2008 4:55:45 PM > Subject: Schema comparison tool > > Good afternoon, all, > > I seek your opinions/experiences about tools that can compare two Oracle > schemas (or the same schema on two databases) and make a report of the > differences. Ideally, it would also create the SQL needed to resolve those > differences: create indexes (or indices, if you will), add columns, recreate > views, etc. > > I know TOAD has such a tool, but it's proven ineffective for us, as it > generates many false positives, especially when one schema is an imported > copy of the other - that makes for subtle capitalization/double quote > differences in stored SQL, plus other troubles. Physical clones don't have > these differences, but we mainly want to compare imported schemas for > divergence from their parent schemas. > > Thanks in advance for whatever advice you have to offer. > > Kind regards, > Mary Elizabeth McNeely > Purveyor of Trouble > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > -- Welcome! http://www.AnySQL.net/en