xSQL Schema Compare SDK for SQL Server version 12
Excluding Database Objects

This example demonstrates how to exclude specific database objects from the comparison. In general, to exclude an object, do the followings:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

using xSQL.Schema.Core;
using xSQL.Schema.SqlServer;
using xSQL.SchemaCompare.SqlServer;

namespace xSQL.Sdk.SchemaCompare.Examples
{
    class DatabaseCompareWithExclusion
    {
        public static void CompareWithExclusion()
        {
            SqlServer server;
            SqlDatabase xDatabase, yDatabase;
            SqlSchemaCompare comparer;
            ScriptManager sqlScript;
            ScriptExecutionStatusEnum status;
            SqlTablePair pair;
            try
            {
                // create the SQL Server object
                server = new SqlServer(@"(local)");

                // create the left database
                xDatabase = server.GetDatabase("Source");

                // create the right database
                yDatabase = server.GetDatabase("Target");

                // create the comparer
                comparer = new SqlSchemaCompare(xDatabase, yDatabase);

                // attach event handlers to these events in order to get some progress information during the schema read and compare
                comparer.LeftDatabase.SchemaOperation += new EventHandler<SchemaOperationEventArgs>(database_SchemaOperation);
                comparer.RightDatabase.SchemaOperation += new EventHandler<SchemaOperationEventArgs>(database_SchemaOperation);
                comparer.SchemaOperation += new EventHandler<SchemaOperationEventArgs>(database_SchemaOperation);

                // use the generic event EntityPairingFinished to exclude an object from the comparison or
                // the SqlTablePairingFinished event which is raised specifically for database tables.
                // the table-specific event performs slightly better since it has to check only tables and not every object in the database
                // objects are usually excluded after the pairing is finished. 
                comparer.SqlTablePairingFinished += new EventHandler<SqlTablePairEventArgs>(comparer_SqlTablePairingFinished);

                // step 1: read the schema
                comparer.ReadSchema();

                // step 2: pair the database objects
                comparer.PairObjects();

                // this is another way of an excluding an object; it should be done always after the pairing finishes                
                pair = comparer.SqlTablePairs["employees"];
                if (pair != null)
                    pair.Included = false;

                // step 3: compare the schema
                comparer.Compare();

                // check for errors that could have occurred during the schema compare.
                if (ErrorRepository.Instance.HasErrors())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Some errors occurred during the database compare");
                    Console.Write(ErrorRepository.Instance.GetErrors());
                }
                // check the database status; exit if no schema differences are found.
                if (comparer.SqlDatabasePair.ComparisonStatus == ComparisonStatusEnum.Equal)
                    return;

                // step 4: get the T-SQL script intended for the right database; that is the script that should be executed
                // on Target database in order to make it the same as the Source database
                sqlScript = comparer.GetRightDatabaseScript();
                if (!sqlScript.IsEmpty())
                {
                    // use this event to get some progress during the script execution
                    sqlScript.SchemaScriptExecuting += new EventHandler<SchemaScriptEventArgs>(sqlScript_SchemaScriptExecuting);

                    // execute the synchronization script
                    status = sqlScript.Execute();

                    // check the status
                    if (status == ScriptExecutionStatusEnum.Succeeded)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Database synchronization succeeded.");
                    }
                    else if (status == ScriptExecutionStatusEnum.Canceled)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Database synchronization was canceled.");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //--check for silent errors
                        if (ErrorRepository.Instance.HasErrors())
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Some errors occurred during the script execution.");
                            Console.Write(ErrorRepository.Instance.GetErrors());
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.Write(ex.ToString());
            }
        }
        private static void database_SchemaOperation(object sender, SchemaOperationEventArgs e)
        {
            //--exclude verbose messages
            if (e.Message.MessageType != OperationMessageTypeEnum.Verbose)
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message.Text);
        }
        private static void sqlScript_SchemaScriptExecuting(object sender, SchemaScriptEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss"), e.Script);
        }
        private static void comparer_SqlTablePairingFinished(object sender, SqlTablePairEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Pair.ContainsMember("employees", SqlEntityTypeEnum.Table))
                e.Pair.Included = false;
        }
    }
}