Posts Tagged with database version control
Updated April 2020 For most application developers, it’s unthinkable to work without version control. The benefits of tracking and retaining an incremental history of code changes are long understood in the world of software development. No surprise then that 80% of respondents in our 2020 State of Database DevOps survey confirmed they’re already using this... Read more
Stephanie Herr summarizes what's new in SQL Source Control v7, including support for Git hooks, Git repositories hosted on Azure DevOps, and pre- and post-deployment scripts. Read more
You've found a database that is not in source control. What do you do? Phil Factor shows how to use SQL Compare to generate all the missing object scripts, in Git, and then keep them up-to-date automatically, in response to any further database changes, during development. Read more
During the proof-of-concept phase of development work, SQL Compare Snapshots offer an easy way to work out what broke, if a change causes some tests to fail, as well as a simple ‘roll back’ technique to return quickly to the last working copy. Read more
Much has been written on the strategic benefits of having a database under source control though many articles are clear on “why” but conspicuously vague on “how”. Dave Poole tries to fill in some of the gaps. Read more
