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Asked: 2026-05-28T05:11:03+00:00

I have been doing some research on the correct procedure to follow when working

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I have been doing some research on the correct procedure to follow when working with both a development and live production database. The best article i have found was this one: Strategies for Database Development and Deployment, but i can not accept the idea that i have to maintain a Word document, manually, of every change i make to the DB. That seems ridiculous to me…

I use SQL Server Management Studio to manage my SQL databases both in dev and in prod. Is there a way to deploy latest changes to production WITHOUT destroying tables and data. Can someone please point me to a good procedural article on how this is done in SSMS.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It is irresponsible to make changes to a database design without creating change scripts that are put into source control.

    However, if you are already in this curcumstance, I suggest buying red_gate’s SQLCompare. It will look at the two databases and script the differnces. You still can’t run this willy-nilly though – sometimes you have made changes to the dev database that are not yet part of the curent version being pushed to prod and SQLCompare has no way to know this. It is far better to create the scripts as you go (Using alter table when the table currently exists so as not to disrupt existing data) and keep them in source control with the rest of code that you will be pushing at the same time.

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