What is Schema Refresh in SQL SERVER ?

  • hI Friends,

    Can someone explain what is Schema Refresh in SQL SERVER ?

  • IIRC it’s not a standard term. Schema Refresh usually refers to truncating & re-populating the whole database / schema.

    The following PPT explains it (with Oracle commands).

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/39871272/Schema-Refresh

  • As mentioned, it's not "standard terminology". I've usually heard it in reference to synchronizing schemas between servers, usually either Dev -> Test or Test -> QA or QA -> Production, or something like that.

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  • I have heard it refered to more as "dev server refresh" or "staging server refresh" where the dev or staging environments are blown away an replaced by scrubbed production versions. This may or may not include new hardware..

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