Posts Categorized in DevOps

This is the most exciting time there’s ever been to be in the software space in general and the database world specifically. DevOps has moved into the enterprise and the database needs to keep up 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.

Overcoming Database DevOps Challenges: Part 1

As part of our research for the 2021 State of Database DevOps report, we asked 3,000+ recipients what they consider to be the greatest challenge when integrating database changes into a DevOps process. According to the respondents, these are the most important challenges facing database professionals when introducing DevOps practices to database development. Three... Read more

Grant Fritchey

26 April 2021

Grant Fritchey

26 April 2021

Database Refresh and In-Flight Changes

An interesting question came up at the Redgate Summit a few weeks ago: What approach do you take to maintain database releases/changes in-flight that haven’t been applied to Production after them being wiped out after a database refresh? I have to assume that the person asking this question has not taken even the first... Read more

Grant Fritchey

29 March 2021

Grant Fritchey

29 March 2021

Who Is Responsible For Building Tests?

When you begin to automate your deployments, you’re also going to start automating your testing. After all, a deployment, in and of itself, is a test. However, pretty quickly, you are going to come to the question that’s the title of this post: Who is responsible for building tests? I have two flippant answers... Read more