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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.

Coeo

23 August 2017

Coeo

23 August 2017

Why don’t you unit test SQL Server code?

The download count of the tSQLt unit testing framework is surprisingly low, yet this outstanding open source software can revolutionize your SQL Server development process. Hopefully, this post will show the benefits of test-driven development and including automated SQL Server unit testing within your release pipeline. This simple technique can… Read more

19 June 2017

19 June 2017

Provisioning just got BIGGER with SQL Clone v2

Today, we launched SQL Clone v2, which removes the previous 2TB size limit and now supports cloning databases up to 64TB. In this article, I’ll explain why I think this is big news for many organizations, and describe briefly the changes to SQL Clone v2 that made it possible. In… Read more

database provisioning

SQL Clone

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… 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… 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… 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… Read more

SQL Prompt

Carly Meichen

7 March 2017

Carly Meichen

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… Read more

Database DevOps

Redgate Data Tools

Visual Studio 2017

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… 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… 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… Read more

SQL Compare

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Posts categorized in Database development

Why don’t you unit test SQL Server code?

Provisioning just got BIGGER with SQL Clone v2

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

2026 State of the Database Landscape

Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional

Security and compliance

Database monitoring and observability

Database change management

Productivity and workflow automation

AI data readiness

Database modernization

Efficiency and cost optimization

Cloud migration and workload optimization

Redgate Flyway

Redgate Monitor

SQL Toolbelt Essentials

Redgate Test Data Manager

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