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I am a sole developer and am cnsidering buying sourcesafe. I
sometimes code at home and was wondering if there is a way to transfer
the database as well as the code on two different machines in two
different locations? I am the only one that will be checking in and
out the files
 
You can transfer the VSS database by copying the entire database
folder. However, I'd encourage you to consider Subversion. It's much
better than VSS and it's completely free. One advantage it has over
VSS that might benefit you is that it can work over the http, svn, or
file sharing protocols so you have plenty of options for accessing a
repository over the internet
 
What I do is to maintain 2 separate databases, one at home, and one at work.
When I work at home, I copy the existing opened files directly from the
project on the work machine to the project on the home machine, checking
them into the home machine when needed. When I'm done, I upload the changed
files from the home prjoect to the project on the work machine. Not sure
this is the *best* technique, but it works for me.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
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Brian said:
You can transfer the VSS database by copying the entire database
folder. However, I'd encourage you to consider Subversion. It's much
better than VSS and it's completely free. One advantage it has over
VSS that might benefit you is that it can work over the http, svn, or
file sharing protocols so you have plenty of options for accessing a
repository over the internet
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Thank you Brian, for mentioned Subversion.

Jim, if you decide to give Subversion a try, you also should check out
VisualSVN (http://www.visualsvn.com/), which integrates Subversion
into Visual Studio pretty well.

Ciao,
Mathias
 
Brian Gideon said:
You can transfer the VSS database by copying the entire database
folder. However, I'd encourage you to consider Subversion. It's much
better than VSS and it's completely free. One advantage it has over
VSS that might benefit you is that it can work over the http, svn, or
file sharing protocols so you have plenty of options for accessing a
repository over the internet
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It's also considerably safer than SourceSafe - and generally better all
round, IMO :)
 
[email protected] said:
I am a sole developer and am cnsidering buying sourcesafe. I
sometimes code at home and was wondering if there is a way to transfer
the database as well as the code on two different machines in two
different locations? I am the only one that will be checking in and
out the files
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As others have mentioned, Subversion is probably better if you're working
from remote locations, and TortoiseSVN is an excellent client tool for it.

I find it's better to keep all your database changes in source control and
then apply any new changes made on one environment to the other
change-by-change. If you're using Team Suite for development then you should
really check out Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals which
will be a free add-on for Team Suite users when released. It allows you to
make schema changes to your database and check them into source control, and
then at the other end you can sync your changes in source control against
your database.
 
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