Dictionary Synchronizer Wizard

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In Lesson 7 - Dictionary Synchronization there is a section as follows:

Create an SQL Database Definition

Starting Point:

The \SyncLesson\Master.dct is open and you have a valid SQL based target in mind.

1.In the DCT Explorer toolbar, press the Synchronize button to start the Synchronizer Wizard.

2.CLICK on the Next > button to start a new synchronization.

3.Choose your SQL platform from the Synchronize With drop list.

etc. Only I can’t find the Synchronize button it refers to. I am using C11 Professional. Is this part of the Enterprise version, or am i missing something obvious?

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I’m pretty sure thats an enterprise version feature. I use the sncronizer a bit, and I have EE.

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Just ran into this too - bit weird to have EE specific features in general lessons… at least mention it in the lesson I would say then

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The good new is, you’re not missing much. I think the big advantage is that at the beginning of a project, after you have set up everything the way you want in SQL, the synchronizer would:

  • bring in all the tables at the same time
  • set up relationships between the tables (based on foreign keys in SQL

But when it comes to other things the synchronizer should be able to do, like deal with table changes where maybe you deleted one column, changed the data type of another column and added a third column, it seemed to be more or less impossible to get the Synchronizer to understand how you wanted to sort things out (which side was the good side for each difference and which side needed to change). So if I do make those sort of changes, for about the past twenty years I’ve been making them by hand and not used the Synchronizer.