Troubleshooting: I’ve run a comparison but objects I know that are in my database aren’t showing up

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I’ve run a comparison but objects I know that are in my database aren’t showing up – what is wrong?

SUMMARY
There are several reasons why objects that exist in a database may not be displayed in the main screen after running a comparison.

SYMPTOMS
The comparison is completed but objects existing in the database are not displayed.

CAUSE

The object type was not included in the types to be compared. If the type was not included originally, it will not be displayed under any circumstances until the main comparison is re-run with the object type included.
The objects can be filtered out by their Type and comparison result by using the Object Filter Toolbar
The objects can be filtered out by their Name, Schema, Type and comparison result by applying the filters for the appropriate Result Grid columns.
The objects can be filtered out by applying the Difference Code filter.

RESOLUTION
Check that object types and particular objects are selected for comparison. Check that the option Treat Objects Selection as Exclude is not checked at Structure Comparison Wizard->Object Filter tab. Check that objects are not filtered out by the Result Grid column filters by their Name, Schema, Type and Comparison result or by the Objects Filter Toolbar.Verify that objects were not hidden by the Difference Codes Filter settings.

In the following example after two databases comparison had been completed the different Assemblies objects, missing and different Data Type objects, additional Default and identical Route objects were detected:

To Filter the objects by their type we use the Object Filter toolbar:

After Assemblies have been filtered out, the Assembly objects no more displayed in the main grid:

To filter the objects by their Name, Schema, Type and Comparison result the Result Grid column filters can be used:

The result of filtering out all but the missing objects is displayed below:

The object can be hidden by applying the Difference Code Filter:

For example the TestClr Assembly is different in Members:

After deselecting the Members column in the difference code filter and applying the filter the Assembly that was different only in Members attribute is not displayed in the main grid:

SEE ALSO
ApexSQL Diff doesn't show any objects after comparison in Data mode.

LAST REVIEW

17 September 2007 Date of Last Review

Labels: ApexSQL Diff, ApexSQL Diff (Data)

posted by Irene Sanford on Monday, August 06, 2007

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