Do you put your database static data into source-control ? How?

Question

I\'m using SQL-Server 2008 with Visual Studio Database Edition.

With this setup, keeping your schema in sync is very easy. Basically, there\'s a \'compare schema\' t

Answer 1

For the first two steps, you could consider using an intermediate format (ie XML) for the data, then using a home grown tool, or something like CodeSmith to generate the SQL, and possible source files as well, if (for example) you have lookup tables which relate to enumerations used in the code - this helps enforce consistency.

This has another benefit that if the schema changes, in many cases you don't have to regenerate all your INSERT statements - you just change the tool.