/// <summary>
/// compares two xml data sources as xml strings
/// </summary>
/// <param name="querySource">the SQL query text for the source</param>
/// <param name="queryTarget">the SQL query text for the target</param>
/// <param name="connectionSource">The sql connection object for the source</param>
/// <param name="connectionTarget">The sql connection object for the target</param>
/// <param name="asTextFile"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string CompareData(string querySource, string queryTarget, SqlConnection connectionSource, SqlConnection connectionTarget, bool asTextFile)
{
bool isEqual = false;
string tempFile = "TableDiffReport.html";
string sourceName = querySource.Replace("select * from ", "").Split(' ')[0].Replace("\\", "_").Replace(":", "-") + ".xml";
string targetName = queryTarget.Replace("select * from ", "").Split(' ')[0].Replace("\\", "_").Replace(":", "-") + ".xml";
//output diff file.
string diffFile = sourceName.Replace(".xml", "") + "_DIFF_" + targetName;
XmlDiffOptions xdo = XmlDiffOptions.IgnoreWhitespace | XmlDiffOptions.IgnoreComments | XmlDiffOptions.IgnoreChildOrder | XmlDiffOptions.IgnoreNamespaces | XmlDiffOptions.IgnorePI;
XmlDocument original = new XmlDocument();
original.LoadXml(GetXMLData(querySource, connectionSource));
original.Save(sourceName);
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(GetXMLData(queryTarget, connectionTarget));
doc.Save(targetName);
if (asTextFile)
{
XmlDiffView diffView = new XmlDiffView();
diffView.DifferencesAsFormattedText(sourceName, targetName, diffFile.Replace(".xml", "") + ".txt", false, xdo);
diffView = null;
return(diffFile.Replace(".xml", "") + ".txt");
}
else
{
XmlTextWriter diffWriter = new XmlTextWriter(diffFile, Encoding.UTF8);
diffWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
using (diffWriter)
{
XmlDiff diff = new XmlDiff();
isEqual = diff.Compare(original, doc, diffWriter);
diff.Options = xdo;
}
if (isEqual)
{
//This means the files were identical for given options.
MessageBox.Show("Tables are identical", "Identical",
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
return(string.Empty);
}
using (XmlReader diffGram = XmlReader.Create(diffFile))
{
XmlDiffView diffView = new XmlDiffView();
diffView.Load(new XmlNodeReader(original), diffGram);
using (TextWriter htmlWriter = new StreamWriter(tempFile))
{
SideBySideXmlNotepadHeader(sourceName, targetName, htmlWriter);
diffView.GetHtml(htmlWriter);
}
diffView = null;
}
}
return(tempFile);
}