How to compare data between two table in different databases using Sql Server 2008?

Question

I have two database\'s, named DB1 and DB2 in Sql server 2008. These two database\'s have the same tables and same table data also. However, I want to check if there are an

Answer 1

I’d really suggest that people who encounter this problem go and find a third party database comparison tool.

Reason – these tools save a lot of time and make the process less error prone.

I’ve used comparison tools from ApexSQL (Diff and Data Diff) but you can’t go wrong with other tools marc_s and Marina Nastenko already pointed out.

If you’re absolutely sure that you are only going to compare tables once then SQL is fine but if you’re going to need this from time to time you’ll be better off with some 3rd party tool.

If you don’t have budget to buy it then just use it in trial mode to get the job done.

I hope new readers will find this useful even though it’s a late answer…