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How to reformat a database in one operation
Inherited a database from another team? Changed your team policy on the way that you format SQL? What's to stop you formatting the code of an entire database nicely, when you're developing it? Manually, the process can take longer than you expect. Phil Factor demonstrates a simple 3-step approach to reformatting a whole database , in a single operation, using SQL Compare and SQL Prompt. Read more
Realistic, simulated data for testing, development and prototypes
Generating realistic test data is a challenging task, made even more complex if you need to generate that data in different formats, for the different database technologies in use within your organization. Dave Poole proposes a solution that uses SQL Data Generator as a ‘data generation and translation’ tool. Read more
Introducing database automation with the SQL Toolbelt
For many companies, particularly those in the financial sector, a key technology consideration is risk management because if systems go down, it can cost a lot of money very quickly. Take ABSA Bank, a subsidiary of the Barclays Africa Group. Serving customers in South Africa and Namibia, it provides retail, business, corporate, and investment banking, Read moreKeeping track of history: SQL Compare and Temporal Tables
Asha Patel introduces SQL Compare 13's support for deploying changes to temporal tables, Read moreHow to Customize Schema Comparisons using Auto Map in SQL Compare
How the table automapping feature works in SQL Compare, and how to control its behavior. Read moreGenerating test data in JSON files using SQL Data Generator
Phil Factor shows how to use SQL Data Generator to produce as much pseudonymized data as you are likely to need for your testing, and then convert it to JSON so that you can also use it to test your MongoDB and Azure Cosmos databases, or to test out a new web service. Read moreIntroducing the updated HTML comparison report in SQL Compare 13.1
SQL Compare 13.1 brings improvements to the interactive HTML comparison report type, providing simpler cleaner reports that focus on the differences between the compared databases. Read more
SQL Source Control v6 now supports SQL Server 2017, SQL Graph, and TFS 2018
SQL Source Control v6 offers full support SQL Server 2017, including the ability to version control graph databases. and also adds support for Team Foundation Server 2018. Read moreRemembering passwords in SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare
SQL Compare or SQL Data Compare can automatically populate your SQL Server credentials, if you wish. Just check the "Remember credentials" box, and passwords will now be stored in two places: the Windows Credential Store and your project file, if you save one. Read moreRedgate Hub
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