SQL Source Control

Database source control within SSMS.

Published by Redgate Software
Distributed by ComponentSource since 2005

Version: 8.1.x NEW Updated: May 12, 2026

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SQL Source Control Releases

Released: May 23, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v5.0.0

Major features

Improved migrations solution 

Migration scripts in SQL Source Control 5 now support:

  • Git and working folder, along with every other version control system.
  • Branching and merging, conflict resolution and interactive rebasing version control features.
  • Data-only migration scripts. These are scripts that aren’t linked to specific schema changes.

Also, SQL Source Control no longer needs a dedicated migration scripts repository.

Additional improvements

  • Redesigned Commit...

Released: May 3, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.4.1

Fixes:

  • SC-8524, SC-8503, SOC-7761: Support for hardware crypto devices (e.g., nCipher) for asymmetric key encryption.
  • SC-8060: Support for DML triggers that reference an XML schema collection.

Released: Apr 26, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.4.1

Fixes:

  • SOC-4282: Automatic refreshes now behave the same way as manual refreshes.

Released: Apr 19, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.4.0

Features:

  • Support for Management Studio 2016 preview release 13.0.14000.36.

Fixes:

  • SOC-7655: SQL Source Control no longer throws error messages if you connect to a SQL 2000 instance (note that SQL 2000 remains unsupported)
  • SOC-7743: SQL Source Control no longer throws repeated error messages when the 'master' database is unavailable.
  • SOC-7718: Whitespace is now shown in the differences pane if the Ignore White Space option is turned off.
  • SOC-7553: Authenticating with VSTS now...

Released: Apr 12, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.3.4

Fixes:

  • SOC-7523: SQL Source Control will no longer error when dropping users from roles

Released: Mar 30, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.3.2

Internal changes only.

Released: Mar 30, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.3.3

Features:

  • Support for Management Studio 2016 preview release 13.0.13000.55.
  • SQL Source Control is not available in earlier versions of Management Studio 2016 preview.

Fixes:

  • Stretch-enabled databases linked to version control now show the correct icon in the Object Explorer.

Released: Mar 23, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.3.1

Fixes:

  • SQL Source Control no longer adds blank lines or redundant GOs when you commit to version control.
  • SQL Source Control no longer double-escapes 'UNKNOWN' when it can't read an object name from a CLR assembly.
  • SDC-1418: SQL Source Control no longer fails to compare some _100_ collations when on an ntext field.
  • SOC-7657, SOC-7661: SQL Source Control now works for non-admin user accounts (bug introduced in 4.2.3).
  • SC-7985: SQL Source Control no longer errors on refresh when...

Released: Mar 17, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.3.0

Features:

  • SQL Source Control can now connect to SQL Server 2016 RC0.

Released: Mar 9, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in v4.2.3

Fixes:

  • SOC-7509: SSMS no longer pauses with offline databases when object locking is enabled.
  • SOC-7399: SSMS no longer pauses with Azure databases when object locking is enabled.
  • SQL Source Control now correctly scripts out computed columns that use the PARSE and TRY_PARSE functions.
  • SDC-1744: SQL Source Control no longer introduces 0.0000001 second errors into DATETIME2 values.
  • SDC-1837: SQL Source Control no longer introduces 0.0000001 second errors into DateTimeOffset values...