There are creative and challenging SQL Server tasks; and then there are chores: things like pushing changes from development to testing to staging and then up to production; or documenting changes for auditing and version control.

The SQL Toolbelt is a set of ten powerful and intuitive tools that will help you burn through SQL Server chores with astonishing speed and accuracy, leaving you free to focus on work that demands your creativity.

In this SQL Toolbelt showcase we focus on SQL Compare Pro: the fastest, easiest way to compare and synchronize two databases.

Andras Belokosztolszki, architect and lead developer of SQL Compare 4, 5 and 6, explores the security uses of this iconic tool.

The Red Gate website an ASP.NET site running on SQL Server 2000 recently underwent a major overhaul. Here, Richard Mitchell and Steven Davidson, the developers on the project, describe how they used Red Gate's database schema-comparison tool, SQL Compare, as an integral part of their project environment. Read more.

Troubleshooting and fixing a .NET application that accesses a database. Read more.

Storing and quickly gaining access to high volumes of data, while keeping it up to date and accurate, is not easy task. SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can revolutionize the process. Read more.

Watch a quick and easy Flash demo of SQL Compare in action. Watch Video.

Check out the range of real world problems, from African relief efforts to distributing the beer in Australia, that SQL Compare has helped to solve. Read more.