The final part of Alex Yates's three-part series tackles the complicated issue of automating deployments when the same table might have a different structure, in different production versions of the database. Read more
How to extract a database migration script, or a database build script, from a DacPac and then use it in a PowerShell-automated database deployment. Read more
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
In Part 2 of his series, Alex Yates shows how to use a combination of post-deployment scripts to handle cases where a code object exists in multiple production instances, but in different states. Read more
How to use filters in SQL Compare to avoid deploying objects that exist only in the source to databases where they may not be required or appropriate. Read more
How to compare SQL databases using DACPACs, script out differences and then run a database deployment task to synchronize the schema of the target database. Read more
SQL Compare provides a command line interface (CLI) for running database schema comparisons and generating a deployment script, as part of a scripted process. I'll demonstrate how to do this with a 1-click process, using a batch (.bat) file. Read more
I’m delighted to announce the stable release of SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare 12. We’ve spent hours, days, and months on development, including a beta program and Frequent Updates release to gather and incorporate user feedback along the way. Both releases are packed with a brand new user interface, support for SQL Server 2016... Read more
