This article explains how these ‘ephemeral databases’ can be used to improve development and testing processes in ways that reduce the number of bugs entering the deployment pipeline, drive up the quality of database releases, and so improve the reliability and speed of database deployments to production.
2023-05-15
Sometimes people say to avoid the snowflake schema and stick to a clean star schema. Why is that? Is something wrong with creating a snowflake schema?
2023-05-15
Learn a number of methods to view or programmatically get the SQL Server instance startup time.
2023-05-12
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Armed with a schema comparison engine and an object-level directory of the source for every recent version of the database, you'll be able to remove a lot of the uncertainty around merging database changes back into development.
2023-05-12
Many businesses are hesitant to adopt cloud technology due to security, cost, and complexity concerns. This can make it challenging for organizations to sell the benefits, leading to missed opportunities. Learn about different techniques to help sell cloud technology in your organization.
2023-05-12
This article explains different methods to move a SQL database into a new directory of Ubuntu Linux. This article covers the following topics. How to install SQL Server 2022 on Ubuntu Linux. How to add a new drive in Linux. Attach the StackOverflow database using the database. Install SQL Server 2022 on Ubuntu I have […]
2023-05-10
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I often perform code reviews and thought it would be fun to frame this exercise: a completely fictitious stored procedure hits my desk, I’ll reject it of course, and enumerate the reasons why.
2023-05-10
In 2023, connect, share & learn with like-minded peers, speakers, and industry leaders during the full week of data celebrations. Summit happens in person, from November 14th to 17th in Seattle. Check out the blog post to learn more.
2023-05-10
The tip, Views in SQL Server, explored the purpose of views, creating views examples, and benefits of views. A view is a virtual table that references the actual database tables stored in the database. What if someone changes the underlying table structure, such as renaming the column, adding a new column, or dropping the table? What is the impact of changing schema on views? How can we stop any schema changes if the view references the schema?
2023-05-08
Redgate’s new DevOps test data management tool, Redgate Clone, provisions production-like data in seconds for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle databases.
2023-05-08
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I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers