Is there a worked example comparing two revisions in a Git repository with cli? I am getting error

jschwarz_continuusjschwarz_continuus Posts: 10 New member
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I can compare the two revisions via the Gui and get both a report and a sql script successfully.  When I attempt via the cli I get an error.

here is my cli...
SQLCompare.exe /sourcecontrol1 /revision1:6131c2ceedfa84065d1f392aa536cb3f897594d4 /sourcecontrol2 /revision2:07ee3506ef4832e33fad4510c8f59f472db66e30 /ScriptsFolderXML:D:\DatabaseRepositories\MarkitDEMO-SourceLib.xml /report:d:\Temp\MarkitDEMO_CompareTest1.html /reportType:Classic /Include:table /Include:table:[dbo].[DeployVersionControlTest] /ScriptFile:d:\Temp\MarkitDemo_CompareTest1.sql

I've also tried this variation with brackets and back slashes first, but got the same error...
SQLCompare.exe /sourcecontrol1 /revision1:6131c2ceedfa84065d1f392aa536cb3f897594d4 /sourcecontrol2 /revision2:07ee3506ef4832e33fad4510c8f59f472db66e30 /ScriptsFolderXML:D:\DatabaseRepositories\MarkitDEMO-SourceLib.xml /Report:d:\Temp\MarkitDEMO_CompareTest1.html /ReportType:Classic /Include:table /Include:table:\[dbo\]\.\[DeployVersionControlTest\] /LogLevel:Verbose /ScriptFile:d:\Temp\MarkitDemo_CompareTest1.sql

Here is my error...
SQL Compare Command Line V13.7.7.10021
=====================================================================================================================================================================================
Copyright Copyright c Red Gate Software Ltd 2019

SQL Compare: activated, edition professional, serial number:
Registering data sources
Creating mappings
Comparing
Applying Command Line Items
Retrieving migration scripts
Error: Comparison of '.' and '.' failed: Input string was not in a correct format.
Comparison of '.' and '.' failed: Input string was not in a correct format.
RedGate.Legacy.CommandLine.FatalExecutionException
   at RedGate.SQLToolsCommandLine.CommandProcessor.FatalExceptionHelper(String message, Exception ex)
   at RedGate.SQLToolsCommandLine.CommandProcessor.ProcessThreadException(Exception e)
   at RedGate.SQLToolsCommandLine.CommandProcessor.ProcessThreadException()
   at RedGate.SQLToolsCommandLine.CommandProcessor.RunComparison()
   at RedGate.SQLToolsCommandLine.CommandProcessor.ProcessCommands()
   at RedGate.SQLCompare.CommandLine.SchemaCommandProcessor.ProcessCommands()
   at RedGate.SQLToolsCommandLine.CommandProcessor.Run()
Caused by:
  Input string was not in a correct format.
  System.FormatException
     at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
     at System.Number.ParseInt64(String value, NumberStyles options, NumberFormatInfo numfmt)
     at RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine.Migrations.VersionedSynchronizationPlanner.GetPlan(VersionInfo fromVersion, VersionInfo toVersion, IEnumerable`1 migScripts, Boolean toLiveDb)
     at RedGate.SQLCompare.Common.WorkProvider.Initialize(IEnumerable`1 migrationScripts, Boolean filterBySelectedDifferences, Boolean updatingScriptFolder)
     at RedGate.SQLCompare.Common.CompareEngineExecutor`1.InitializeWorkProvider(IEnumerable`1 selectedMigrationScripts, Boolean filterBySelectedDifferences, Boolean updatingScriptFolder)
     at RedGate.SQLCompare.CommandLine.CommandLineCompareEngineController.<PrefetchMigrationScripts>b__21_0()
     at RedGate.Legacy.ProgressTasks.SimpleProgressTaskExecutor.DoTasks()

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  • Alex BAlex B Posts: 1,157 Diamond 4
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    Hi @jschwarz_continuus ,

    I've gone through some further checking while waiting for feedback from the team and the UI works properly, so it's not the issue I thought it might be.  It now appears to be related to looking for migration scripts (even if there are none).  If you add the /Options switch with the "IgnoreMigrationScripts" option it works successfully.

    So something like this will keep the default options and also ignore migration scripts:
    sqlcompare.exe /sourcecontrol1 /revision1:b4ae0114ef0794852cdb01f320844e7ebd88af85 /sourcecontrol2 /revision2:5409fc1eaa3f9b37ab08d8f9d002b24c81c267c7 /ScriptsFolderXML:"E:\ZD Ticket Files\Z138997\MarkitDEMO-SourceLib.xml" /Options:Default,IgnoreMigrationScripts /LogLevel:verbose
    If you do not use migration scripts in your SQL Source Control project then this is an option to workaround the issue.  I've created a new internal issue for this as SC-10531 and will update you on that when I have more information from the team.

    Kind regards,
    Alex
    Product Support Engineer | Redgate Software

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  • jschwarz_continuusjschwarz_continuus Posts: 10 New member

    I have tried the cli using a straight db to db compare, and it completes successfully... 
    SQLCompare.exe /server1:SERVERNAME1 /database1:DBNAME_DEV /server2:SERVERNAME2 /database2:DBNAME_TEST /Report:d:\Temp\MarkitDEMO_CompareTest_DbToDb.html /ReportType:Classic /Include:table /Include:table:\[dbo\]\.\[DeployVersionControlTest\] /LogLevel:Verbose /ScriptFile:d:\Temp\MarkitDemo_CompareTest_DbToDb.sql 
    SQL Compare Command Line V13.7.7.10021 
    ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 
    Copyright Copyright c Red Gate Software Ltd 2019

    SQL Compare: activated, edition professional, serial number: 
    Registering data sources 
    Creating mappings 
    Comparing 
    Applying Command Line Items 
    Retrieving migration scripts 
    Generating report 
    Checking for identical databases 
    Creating SQL 
    Saving SQL

    Summary Information 
    ====================================================================================================================================================================================== 
    DB1 = SERVERNAME1.DBNAME_DEV 
    DB2 = SERVERNAME2.DBNAME_TEST

    Object type Name DB1 DB2 
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    Table [dbo].[DeployVersionControlTest] >> 
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • Alex BAlex B Posts: 1,157 Diamond 4
    Hi @jschwarz_continuus ,

    I just replied to your support ticket, but also saw this here.

    I've reproduced the issue and for everyone else it seems this is related to the git revisions being alphanumeric rather than just numeric as it works when comparing to the HEAD revision or in SVN where the revisions are numbers.

    I believe this is related to an existing issue with internal reference SC-8293 and have added a reference to it there and will update the ticket and here when I have further information.

    Kind regards,
    Alex
    Product Support Engineer | Redgate Software

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  • jschwarz_continuusjschwarz_continuus Posts: 10 New member
    I am aware that SVN works fine, I am disappointed that this was released without git being fully functional, it almost seems untested.
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  • jschwarz_continuusjschwarz_continuus Posts: 10 New member
    Thank you Alex, that is a much better answer and resolution than the first!
    I have tested this solution, and it works great!
    Thank you for the quick resolution!
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