SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 is Available
SP2 for SQL Server 2014 is now out. Check out the build list.
2016-07-12
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Press Release
Be the first to try Redgate SQL Compare 12
We are excited to announce the beta release of SQL Compare & SQL Data Compare 12. We want to use this beta period to get as much feedback from you, the SQL community, as possible. Try it out, or for more information on what’s new, read on.
2016-06-20
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Come to InsideSQL on June 14
Inside SQL is the Deep Dive conference for SQL Server professionals in London on June 14.
2016-06-09
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Be the first to try Redgate SQL Compare 12
Hot on the heels of the SQL Server 2016 general release, the team at Redgate have just released beta builds for both SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare. As well as support for SQL Server 2016, these releases introduce a brand new user interface, and squash a whole host of bugs. In this blog post, Carly Meichen takes a closer look at what's new, and explains how you can give the development team your feedback and requests.
2016-06-07
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CU#6 for SQL Server 2014 SP1 Updated
Please re-apply CU#6 for SQL Server 2014 SP1 as it has been updated.
2016-06-01
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2016-05-09 (first published: 2016-04-26)
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2016-04-01
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Webinar - Redgate DLM Demo (with TFS, TFS Build & Microsoft Release Management)
Redgate’s Arneh Eskandari and Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Steve Jones, will show you how Redgate’s DLM (Database Lifecycle Management) solution works to improve your database development and deployment processes. Today 12noon EDT
2016-03-29
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Documenting SQL Server with PowerShell: PosH VC
Virtual Chapter meeting, Mar 16, 12pm EST. Documentation is mostly overlooked and only comes up when a problem arises. What if you'd have a tool or method to generate documentation for all your database servers? In this session, Sander Stad will show you show how easy it is to use PowerShell to retrieve information from your servers. He'll detail what can be used to document your servers, how to retrieve the information and what should be documented. In the end you no longer have an excuse not to document your servers.
2016-03-15
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ReadyRoll is a Fully Fledged Redgate Tool
In June last year we got in touch to let you know that Redgate acquired ReadyRoll. Over the last few months, ReadyRoll went from a one-man project to having a team of developers, testers, and support engineers behind it. Dan Nolan, the founder of ReadyRoll, is now a product manager at Redgate. And next week it’s time for ReadyRoll to become a fully-fledged Redgate tool available from www.red-gate.com.
2016-03-03
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I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers