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How to create and refresh development and test databases automatically using SQL Clone and SQL Toolbelt

A PowerShell automation script to build a SQL Server database from source control, seed it with dummy data, document it, and then deploy copies to any number of test and development servers. Read more

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Automating Builds from Source Control for the WideWorldImporters Database

Kendra Little shows how to get the WideWorldImporters database into version control, using SQL Source Control, and then set up an automated database build process, using Azure DevOps with SQL Change Automation. Read more

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Database Continuous Integration with the Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Azure DevOps

Alex Yates shows how to set up automated processes for SQL Server database source control, build and continuous integration using Redgate SQL Toolbelt, Git and Azure DevOps Read more

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Database Development in Visual Studio using SQL Change Automation: Getting Started

Steve Jones shows how to set up a SQL Change Automation (SCA) project in Visual Studio, and import an existing database. As the team make database changes, either in SSMS or VS, they import them into the SCA project, which saves each change as a migration script that is then… Read more

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Merging a Conflict with SQL Source Control and Beyond Compare

Tony Davis explains how to resolve simple merge conflicts, such as conflicting changes to the same stored procedure, using SQL Source Control and a merge tool such as Beyond Compare. Read more

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SQL Compare Snapshots: a lightweight database version control and rollback mechanism

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

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How to version control a database using GitHub and SQL Source Control

This article explains some simple steps to create a GitHub database repository and then version control your SQL Server database, for team development work, using SQL Source Control. Read more

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How to deploy a database plus static data using SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare

Tony Davis shows how to get a database, plus any static data, into source control, and then uses the "/include:StaticData" switch in the SQL Compare Pro command line, fromPowerShell, to automate the process of creating a new build script. Read more

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Automating database deployments to and from source control using SQL Compare and PowerShell

How to use SQL Compare Pro command line with PowerShell to automate the processes of getting a new database into source control, updating the source with the latest database changes, creating a new build script for a database version, and creating a deployment script to synchronize an existing database with… Read more

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How to build multiple database versions from the same source: pre-deploy migration scripts

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

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How to create and refresh development and test databases automatically using SQL Clone and SQL Toolbelt

Automating Builds from Source Control for the WideWorldImporters Database

Database Continuous Integration with the Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Azure DevOps

Database Development in Visual Studio using SQL Change Automation: Getting Started

Merging a Conflict with SQL Source Control and Beyond Compare

SQL Compare Snapshots: a lightweight database version control and rollback mechanism

How to version control a database using GitHub and SQL Source Control

How to deploy a database plus static data using SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare

Automating database deployments to and from source control using SQL Compare and PowerShell

How to build multiple database versions from the same source: pre-deploy migration scripts

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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 Assistant

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