For .NET developers working with Visual Studio (VS), the introduction of Database Projects with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) brought to VS the ability to manage changes to the database schema and code objects, just like any other type of application code. An added advantage is that the declarative style of SSDT’s project files lends... Read more
ReadyRoll started as a small side project in late 2010 while I was working in the financial services industry. For many years I had been working as a Release Engineer, handling the deployment of all of the company’s line of business applications. Above all else, putting together the database part of release was the... Read more
FlexiGroup is a diversified financial services group providing point of sale interest free, no interest ever, leasing, vendor programs, interest free cards and other payment solutions to consumers and businesses. We talk to Damian Haynes, Senior Application Developer at FlexiGroup, about why his team selected ReadyRoll as their database change management tool. How did... Read more
How are transaction handled when deploying databases with SQL Change Automation? For the most part, we have resisted putting excess structure around the way that changes are deployed to your database. Unlike database projects that use the declarative-style of deployment, which work by synchronizing a source-controlled model of your schema to a target database,... Read more
Getting everyone in a team behind a process change is hard. As a database developer, not only do you need to champion the new process within your own team, but you also need to extend the olive branch to your DBA to ensure everyone is on-board with the changes. This is where you may... Read more
Dan Nolan