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 source. Read more

Automatically keeping ‘hotfix’ and production database schemas in sync

How to use the SQL Compare Pro command line to automatically compare the schema of two versions of the same database, and then subsequently deploy to the target database any differences detected in the source database. Read more

Automatically 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

How 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 more

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

Automating 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 more

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

In Part 2 of his series, Alex Yates shows how to use a combination of post-deployment scripts to handle cases where a code object exists in multiple production instances, but in different states. Read more

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 more

Deploying schema changes to multiple databases using the SQL Compare command line

How do you push out the schema changes to ten copies of the database on ten different servers, as part of a deployment? Read more

How to build multiple database versions from the same source: object filters

How to use filters in SQL Compare to avoid deploying objects that exist only in the source to databases where they may not be required or appropriate. Read more

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

Comparing SQL Server Databases using DacPacs and SQL Compare

How to compare SQL databases using DACPACs, script out differences and then run a database deployment task to synchronize the schema of the target database. Read more

SQL Deployment Automation using SQL Compare Command Line

SQL Compare provides a command line interface (CLI) for running database schema comparisons and generating a deployment script, as part of a scripted process. I'll demonstrate how to do this with a 1-click process, using a batch (.bat) file. Read more

Using SQL Compare with In-Memory OLTP tables

SQL Compare can help you compare two databases that have In-Memory objects, the tables, their indexes and any natively-compiled procedures, and generate the appropriate scripts. Read more

Using SQL Compare with Row Level Security

As you test your row-level security in various environments, you can use SQL Compare to script out and deploy those changes to other databases. Read more

Using SQL Compare with Dynamic Data Masking

SQL Compare works with dynamic data masking, detecting the differences in masks across tables and generating the T-SQL you need to deploy your masking configuration to other databases. Read more

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