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I want to package a large database. Does SQL Packager compress data and schema?

April 26, 2017compress Data database large package packager schema sql

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I want to package a large database. Does SQL Packager compress data and schema?

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Yes. SQL Packager embeds the SQL scripts necessary to re-create a database, so packages, like SQL Server backups, can be quite large. By default compression is enabled to cut down the package size. You can turn off compression in the Package Wizard.