Data Compare

I have and use Red Gate software for comparison. However; I'm at a loss on
this data compare scenario:
I have two tables I want to compare, but the PK-ID field is seeded
differenly between the 2 tables. So when I do a comparison - every row is
considered different. I looked at a couple other tools to see if I could
compare and exclude columns - but havent' found any. I remember once seeing
a T-SQL solution - but I cannot find that either.
One thought I had was that this particular table, the PK-ID field is not
used anywhere else - so maybe I could just reseed the one table to match the
other.
Can anyone offer some suggestions?It is hard to understand your narrative without an example. Can you post
your table structures, sample data & expected results? For details refer to:
www.aspfaq.com/5006
Anith|||I found the perfect solution just now a SP called sp_compare:
http://www.databasejournal.com/scri...cle.php/1579951
"Anith Sen" <anith@.bizdatasolutions.com> wrote in message
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> It is hard to understand your narrative without an example. Can you post
> your table structures, sample data & expected results? For details refer
> to: www.aspfaq.com/5006
> --
> Anith
>

Data Compare

I have and use Red Gate software for comparison. However; I'm at a loss on
this data compare scenario:
I have two tables I want to compare, but the PK-ID field is seeded
differenly between the 2 tables. So when I do a comparison - every row is
considered different. I looked at a couple other tools to see if I could
compare and exclude columns - but havent' found any. I remember once seeing
a T-SQL solution - but I cannot find that either.
One thought I had was that this particular table, the PK-ID field is not
used anywhere else - so maybe I could just reseed the one table to match the
other.
Can anyone offer some suggestions?
That would sort of defeat the purpose. The PK is supposed to uniquely
identify a row. If there is no way to uniquely identify a row, then how can
any comparison tool compare any row to any other row?
Mike
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com
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or entity either by inference or direct reference.
"Joe" <bill@.msn.com> wrote in message
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>I have and use Red Gate software for comparison. However; I'm at a loss on
>this data compare scenario:
> I have two tables I want to compare, but the PK-ID field is seeded
> differenly between the 2 tables. So when I do a comparison - every row is
> considered different. I looked at a couple other tools to see if I could
> compare and exclude columns - but havent' found any. I remember once
> seeing a T-SQL solution - but I cannot find that either.
> One thought I had was that this particular table, the PK-ID field is not
> used anywhere else - so maybe I could just reseed the one table to match
> the other.
> Can anyone offer some suggestions?
>