Prerequisites

The following are required before the application can be executed:

1. A SQL Server instance where the SqlResultsCompare database can be deployed. This will be the "query broker" instance.
2. The above SQL Server instance will need xp_cmdshell enabled.
3. The user executing the application will need to be able to create Linked Servers on the above instance.
4. bcp must be installed on the same machine as the SqlResultsCompare application.
5. A diff/compare application must reside on the same machine as the SqlResults compare application. WinMerge and BeyondCompare 4 have been tested but are not included. Any compare/diff application that can be executed at the command-line and take two file names as arguments can be used.