SQL Monitor 10 packs a lot more under the hood in terms of connectivity, establishing cause-and-effect, and alerting. This article provides the high-level tour of the features we've introduced or improved, and why.
2020-03-20
This article from Tony Davis describes how to the use the Redgate SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare GUIs to get the current version of a database schema, and its static data, into version control, and then automate database deployments from the version control system using SQL Compare's command line and PowerShell.
2017-05-26
4,474 reads
For many years now we always seem to have been on the verge of the revolution in object databases, without it ever quite transpiring. Why is this?
2017-02-21 (first published: 2009-06-17)
758 reads
Tony Davis on why the dusty corners of many organizations still hide numerous SQL 2005 instances.
2015-04-20
154 reads
The next time you are tempted to hammer a performance problem with hardware, why not instead invest that time in hammering and refining your SQL queries? There are rich rewards to be had.
2014-12-26 (first published: 2009-11-02)
550 reads
Source control can and should play a key role in the database development and deployment process, and this book will show you exactly how to get started.
2014-11-11
1,923 reads
Source control can and should play a key role in the database development and deployment process, and this book will show you exactly how to get started.
2014-11-11
583 reads
There is a paradox in the nature of the abstractions that many developers want when dealing with databases. They will strain at the gnat, but swallow a camel (Matthew 23:24). Whereas they will recoil with horror when a DBA suggests that an abstraction layer based on views, functions and procedures in a separate database schema […]
2014-09-15
190 reads
Backing up MongoDB is akin to backing up SQL Server databases with a Windows tool such as Microsoft DPM. It removes almost all control over the database backup, and more critically, the database restore operation.
2014-02-03
321 reads
You need a SQL Server-based application that will work with huge amounts of data and must perform calculations of startling complexity. How far will you go to deliver the required performance?
2014-01-06
185 reads
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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