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Database CI with Redgate SQL Change Automation, PowerShell and Jenkins
Alex Yates shows how to set up automated processes for SQL Server database source control, build and continuous integration using Redgate SQL Toolbelt, Subversion, and Jenkins Read moreSolving Visual Studio database delivery problems with SQL Change Automation
For .NET developers working with Visual Studio (VS), the introduction of Database Projects with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) brought to VS the ability to manage changes to the database schema and code objects, just like any other type of application code. An added advantage is that the declarative style of SSDT’s project files lends itself Read moreUsing database replication with automated deployments
For the SQL Change Automation team, it’s important that we take time out from development, occasionally, to explore some of the issues our customers face when automating database deployment. Following on from previous posts about cross-database and cross-server dependencies and production database drift, this article shares some of our thoughts about how to deal with database replication. Read more
We don’t need no documentation – automating schema docs in SQL Change Automation
“Understanding the existing product consumes roughly 30 percent of the total maintenance time.” Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass. You should be documenting your database schema. I know it, you know it. Having current, accurate documentation available accelerates time-to-resolution for faults, aids tech-to-business conversations, and is a regulatory requirement for a great number of firms. Read more
Dealing with production database drift
For the SQL Change Automation team, it’s important that we take time out from development, occasionally, to explore some of the issues our customers face when automating database deployment. Following on from previous posts about cross-database and cross-server dependencies, this article shares some of our thoughts about how to deal with production database drift. If you’re Read moreDeploying cross-database dependencies to different environments
The SQL Change Automation team here at Redgate occasionally take time out from development to explore some of the issues our customers face when automating deployment of database changes. As part of one such exercise, we took a closer look at cross-database and cross-server dependencies – these can cause problems when deploying databases to multiple environments Read more
Sometimes the tool just fits – using SQL Change Automation and Octopus Deploy for Data Change Control
From a business risk perspective, data change can be just as significant as code or schema change. Sometimes even more so; an incorrect static (or reference, or master) data change can drive your software’s behaviour more dangerously askew than pretty much any bug can. Imagine treating a retail customer for an investment fund as a corporate by Read moreTransaction-handling techniques in T-SQL deployments
How are transaction handled when deploying databases with SQL Change Automation? For the most part, we have resisted putting excess structure around the way that changes are deployed to your database. Unlike database projects that use the declarative-style of deployment, which work by synchronizing a source-controlled model of your schema to a target database, we Read moreStaying In-sync with drift correction
Getting everyone in a team behind a process change is hard. As a database developer, not only do you need to champion the new process within your own team, but you also need to extend the olive branch to your DBA to ensure everyone is on-board with the changes. This is where you may encounter Read moreRedgate Hub
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