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As more and more software development moves towards devops processes, it’s important to bring the database along too. At Redgate, we’re making it possible with a suite of database development tools that plug into and integrate with the software used in application development. The result? DevOps for the database has become a reality.

Jamie Wallis

1 June 2017

Jamie Wallis

1 June 2017

How to style your SQL using SQL Prompt’s new formatting options

The ability to customize and refine formatting options has long been a feature of SQL Prompt. In the eighth major update to the tool, we’ve introduced a brand new formatting engine that lets you manage your formatting options like never before. Not only can you set your style exactly how you like it, with... Read more

SQL Prompt

David Connell

11 May 2017

David Connell

11 May 2017

SQL Backup Pro – why we’re going backwards to let our customers go forwards

SQL Backup Pro is one of those tools from Redgate that just works. Everyone needs to back up their SQL Server databases, and SQL Backup Pro lets people do it across different and multiple versions of SQL Server, and compress, verify and encrypt backups at the same time. All from a centralized GUI, and... Read more

SQL Backup Pro

Jamie Wallis

15 March 2017

Jamie Wallis

15 March 2017

Time travelling with SQL Compare

In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced support for system-versioned temporal tables. Temporal tables are a database feature that provides information about data stored at any point in time, rather than only the data that is correct at that specific moment. Why are temporal tables needed? Simply put, they make it much easier to analyze... Read more

SQL Compare

Temporal tables

Tom Crossman and Andrei Rusitoru

8 March 2017

Tom Crossman and Andrei Rusitoru

8 March 2017

How to customize your formatting styles with SQL Prompt Pro

SQL code formatting is a very popular SQL Prompt feature. For many years, it’s done a great job of transforming illegible SQL code into a layout that’s very readable for most users. That said, many users have been asking us for greater control over their formatting styles. Take a browse through our UserVoice page,... Read more

7 March 2017

7 March 2017

Announcing Redgate Data Tools in Visual Studio 2017

Visual Studio 2017 is released today, and its new features like Live Unit Testing and configurable code style rules have already been grabbing the headlines. But inside the Visual Studio 2017 installer, another big surprise awaits: Redgate Data Tools. We’ve partnered with Microsoft so Visual Studio Enterprise subscribers can install ReadyRoll Core, SQL Prompt... Read more

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Santiago Arias and Alasdair Daw

6 March 2017

Santiago Arias and Alasdair Daw

6 March 2017

“Alexa – how did Redgate create a skill for SQL Clone?”

SQL Clone is a database provisioning tool from Redgate. It creates a data image, which is a copy of a database at a particular point in time, and then from that image it can create multiple, lightweight, database clones (a few tens of MB each) for deployment to the development and test servers. Each... Read more

27 February 2017

27 February 2017

New tool, new release – we just shipped SQL Clone version 1!

Over 300 days, 30 builds, 4,000 beta users and 1,000 cups of coffee later and … we’ve shipped version 1 of our new database provisioning tool, SQL Clone. So what is SQL Clone? What’s in version 1? What’s on the roadmap? Oh, and some of you may be wondering, what’s the sheep all about? Let’s... Read more

SQL Clone

Carly Meichen

2 February 2017

Carly Meichen

2 February 2017

Streamlining database deployments with SQL Compare

When I attended PASS Summit recently, I sat down with Chris Yates, Assistant Vice President and Database Administration Manager of Republic Bank, to understand more about their day-to-day development tasks and how Redgate tools have helped improve their development practices. This is their story. “In a previous life, SQL Server database comparisons and deployments... Read more

SQL Compare

Carly Meichen

19 October 2016

Carly Meichen

19 October 2016

5 shortcuts in SQL Prompt you didn’t know about

When writing SQL, you can use SQL Prompt to quickly jump to some really handy formatting and refactoring actions. This little button right here is called the Actions List and it contains over 20 functions and snippets you can use in just a few keystrokes. Simply highlight your block of code and hit Ctrl,... Read more

SQL Prompt

Karis Brummitt

17 October 2016

Karis Brummitt

17 October 2016

SQL Clone beta launch – are ewe ready?

Sheep jokes aside, we’re excited to announce the launch of our SQL Clone beta, which will be released on 28 November. We’ve spent the best part of 2016 gathering requirements, getting a technical preview into the wild, and listening to feedback from the 1,500 people who signed up to the early access program. We’re... Read more

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Posts Categorized in Database development

How to style your SQL using SQL Prompt’s new formatting options

SQL Backup Pro – why we’re going backwards to let our customers go forwards

Time travelling with SQL Compare

How to customize your formatting styles with SQL Prompt Pro

Announcing Redgate Data Tools in Visual Studio 2017

“Alexa – how did Redgate create a skill for SQL Clone?”

New tool, new release – we just shipped SQL Clone version 1!

Streamlining database deployments with SQL Compare

5 shortcuts in SQL Prompt you didn’t know about

SQL Clone beta launch – are ewe ready?