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How to import an existing database to SQL Change Automation
The Visual Studio extension of SQL Change Automation (SCA) allows you to adopt a migrations-first approach to database source control and deployment. There are a number of different ways teams can get started with SCA, in Visual Studio, and chere I’m going to show to get up and running when there is already an existing development database. Read more
Database provisioning from backups using SQL Clone
A step-by-step guide to creating an image from a database full backup, or from a full backup plus differential backup. Read more
SQL Prompt Tip: how to control when the suggestion box pops up
By default, SQL Prompt shows code auto-completion suggestions automatically, and continuously. Phil Factor shows how to control this behavior, for the times when you need it to be a little less intrusive, such as when working through more intricate coding problems that require careful thought. Read moreUsing multiple custom SQL formatting styles in SQL Prompt
Louis Davidson shows how to use SQL Prompt formatting styles to create and maintain multiple code styles, each for a dedicated purpose, and to switch between them and apply a new style to existing code, with ease. Read moreThe Louis Davidson custom style for SQL Prompt
Louis Davidson sticks his neck out and offers his take on a sensible SQL code formatting style, based on twenty-plus years of writing SQL. Starting from SQL Prompt's Default style, he customizes it based on his own list of personal preferences for how SQL code should look. The result is the Louis Davidson custom SQL Prompt style that you can download, try out, and adapt as required. Read moreHow to implement a SQL formatting standard using SQL Prompt v8
Louis Davidson explains why your team needs a standard style for formatting SQL and how SQL Prompt will help make this happen. Read moreVMware Monitoring in SQL Monitor
Jon Hayman reviews how the metrics available in SQL Monitor can help you diagnose problems that might come from SQL Server running in a virtual environment. Read more
Basic data masking for development work using SQL Clone and SQL Data Generator
Richard Macaskill describes a lightweight copy-and-generate approach for making a sanitized database build available to development teams, using SQL Clone, SQL Change Automation and SQL Data Generator. Read moreUsing striped backups with SQL Clone
Can we use a striped backup as the source for a SQL Clone image? Yes we can! Read moreRedgate Hub
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