I was looking for some time for a good solution to implement the idea of schema management in a SQL Server Compact 3.5 database .
I know several ways to manage the schema on SQL Server Express , SQL Server Standard, SQL Server Enterprise, but the Compact Edition does not work, t support the necessary tools needed to use the same methodology.
Any suggestions / tips?
I have to expand this to say that this is for 100+ clients with wrapper software. As the system changes, I need to publish update scripts along with new binaries for the client. I was looking for a decent way to post this without having to just pass the script file to the client and say “Run this in SSMSE”. Most customers are not able to make such a beast.
A friend of mine opened a partial script on how to handle part of my SQL Server task, but never worked on Compact Edition. Looks like I'll be on my own.
What I think I’ve decided to do and will need a “playing week” for him is to write some kind of tool similar to the WiX and NAnt way , so I can just write an overdone XML document to handle the work.
If I think this is appropriate, I will post it on CodePlex and / or the Draft Code , because I used both sites a bit to better understand the concepts for workplaces that I have done in the past, and I think it is probably worth it discard a little.
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