Testing a database upgrade script as part of a continuous integration process will only work if there is an easy way to automate the generation of the upgrade scripts. There are two common approaches to managing upgrade scripts. The first is to maintain a set of scripts as-you-go-along. Many SQL developers I’ve encountered will store … Read more
Typically, when I install SQL Server Management Studio and run it for the first time, the first thing I do is to close the Object Explorer Details window. After all, it doesn’t seem to serve a useful purpose, duplicating information that already exists in the Object Explorer. However, I have discovered that it has one … Read more
As part of my product management role I regularly attend trade shows and man the Red Gate booth in the vendor exhibition hall. Amongst other things this involves giving product demos to customers. Our latest demo involves SQL Source Control and SQL Test in a continuous integration environment. In order to demonstrate quite how easy … Read more
We’ve recently released a new feature in Red Gate SQL Packager 6 that enables any script to be packaged, not just those created by the tool. A side-effect of this is that it makes the tool far more powerful and flexible. Earlier versions of SQL Packager worked well for the majority of deployments, but very … Read more
