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How to build-and-fill multiple development databases using PowerShell and SQL Data Generator
This article offers a build-and-fill method for development databases, where each developer will subsequently want to alter the data or metadata in his or her copy of the database. Read more
Creating database documentation in ePub format using SQL Doc and PowerShell
Phil Factor provides a PowerShell script that uses SQL Doc produce database documentation and then pandoc to publish it in ePub format. Read moreHow to Automatically Fill your SQL Server Test Databases with Dummy Data
A PowerShell script to automatically populate a SQL Server database with dummy data, for database development and testing work. Read moreHow 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 moreGetting started with SQL Doc and PowerShell
Phil Factor uses PowerShell and SQL Doc to automatically generate database documentation, and update it on every successful build. Read more
SQL Clone and backups protected with TDE – part 2
Steve Jones proves that SQL Clone can create a clone from a TDE-protected SQL Server database backup. Read moreSQL Clone and databases protected with TDE – part 1
Steve Jones proves that SQL Clone can create a clone from a SQL Server database that is protected by Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). Read moreAutomating DacPac deployments using the SQL Compare command line and PowerShell
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 moreEliminating ‘noise’ from database deployment scripts
How to eliminate false positives, and avoid making unintended changes to a database, when comparing the schema of two SQL Server databases. Read moreRedgate Hub
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