Product articles Database Source Control
Database Source Control in Azure Data Studio
How developers who were previously writing and managing database source code in SSMS can make a smooth transition to Azure Data Studio. Read more
Custom Deployments from Source Control using SQL Compare Command line
Giorgi Abashidze explains how his team use a 2-phase deployment process with SQL Compare Command line, and some SQL Synonyms, to automate custom deployments for each of their customers, while only needing to maintain one branch per release in source control. Read more
How to create and refresh development and test databases automatically using SQL Clone and SQL Toolbelt
A PowerShell automation script to build a SQL Server database from source control, seed it with dummy data, document it, and then deploy copies to any number of test and development servers. Read more
Automating Builds from Source Control for the WideWorldImporters Database
Kendra Little shows how to get the WideWorldImporters database into version control, using SQL Source Control, and then set up an automated database build process, using Azure DevOps with SQL Change Automation. Read moreDatabase Continuous Integration with the Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Azure DevOps
Alex Yates shows how to set up automated processes for SQL Server database source control, build and continuous integration using Redgate SQL Toolbelt, Git and Azure DevOps Read moreDatabase Development in Visual Studio using SQL Change Automation: Getting Started
Steve Jones shows how to set up a SQL Change Automation (SCA) project in Visual Studio, and import an existing database. As the team make database changes, either in SSMS or VS, they import them into the SCA project, which saves each change as a migration script that is then committed to source control. Read moreRetrospective Database Source Control with SQL Compare
You've found a database that is not in source control. What do you do? Phil Factor shows how to use SQL Compare to generate all the missing object scripts, in Git, and then keep them up-to-date automatically, in response to any further database changes, during development. Read moreMerging a Conflict with SQL Source Control and Beyond Compare
Tony Davis explains how to resolve simple merge conflicts, such as conflicting changes to the same stored procedure, using SQL Source Control and a merge tool such as Beyond Compare. Read moreSQL Compare Snapshots: a lightweight database version control and rollback mechanism
During the proof-of-concept phase of development work, SQL Compare Snapshots offer an easy way to work out what broke, if a change causes some tests to fail, as well as a simple ‘roll back’ technique to return quickly to the last working copy. Read moreRedgate Hub
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