Source control will allow you to maintain branches in the development of your database, but the subsequent merge isn't pain-free. How can the database developer support the rapid development and delivery of features in an application? Versioning, branching and merging is part of the solution, but what about the rest of the solution?
2014-07-02
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Here is a short How To article on querying for permissions in a SQL Server database
2014-07-01
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2014-07-01
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Since many environments haven't committed to using a source control system, identifying mismatched objects can offer a challenge. Tim Smith offers a solution.
2014-07-01
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I inherited a database that was getting large and not performing well. After adding primary keys life got better.
2014-06-30
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It's Developer Week in Nuremberg July 14-17. There are a couple of great speakers at this event, like Constantin Small and Sascha Dittmann. Register while space is available
2014-06-30
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NEO4J, the graph database, can be used to provide answers that are very tricky for relational databases, including providing diagrams to show how SQL tables relate to each other, and the shortest chain of relationships between two tables, as David Poole demonstrates
2014-06-30
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In this tip, Sadequl Hussain outlines what's involved in rolling out a SQL Server instance in RDS. In subsequent tips, he will explore what features it offers and what shortcomings it has.
2014-06-27
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Phil Factor ponders the preponderance of text in current database tools, and asks what happened to our glorious graphical future?
2014-06-26
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Continuous Delivery is fairly generally understood to be an effective way of tackling the problems of software delivery and deployment by making build, integration and delivery into a routine. Phil Factor explains why he's an enthusiast for databases being full participants in this story, and suggests practical ways of doing so.
2014-06-26
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There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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