2023-09-18
105 reads
software development
Working around schema drift in SQL Server
At Stack Overflow, our environment has multiple implementations of a largely – but not 100% – identical schema. (By “schema,” I mostly mean the set of tables within a database.) I sometimes need to retrieve or update data across a large number of sites. Let’s say, pulling or removing information from the Users table, and related tables, across all of our databases.
2023-09-01
Using Clear Language to Avoid Confusion
Communication can be challenging when we don't work closely with others. Steve draws a comparison with a popular children's show in the US.
2023-08-14
85 reads
We're Not Faster with AI
At Redgate Software, we've been trialing Copilot from GitHub with our developers. I managed to get access for this experiment and have tried a few things, though I'm not sure I've found it very useful. I'll continue to work with Copilot, but for now, I just don't find Copilot AI helping me with the types […]
2023-07-31
142 reads
Large PRs are Bad
Reviewing Pull Requests (PR) is something that developers should take seriously, but Steve doesn't think this always happens.
2023-07-28
153 reads
Creative Development
An interesting approach to schema changes is a creative solution to Steve. He asks if you have other creative solutions you've seen.
2023-07-21
112 reads
A Paste Policy
Steve saw a policy on code usage in software development and wondered how many companies have this.
2023-07-19
135 reads
Database APIs
Today Steve talks APIs, which are important in much of software development. He thinks we ought to treat our database schema as part of an API.
2023-05-22
245 reads
2023-05-10
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2023-05-08
146 reads
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SQL Saturday Denver 2023–VCS Primer for the Database slides
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My slides are here: VCS Primer Denver 2023 This was an overview of what...
Future Data Driven 2023 is This Week
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The Future Data Driven 2023 virtual conference is coming on Wednesday, September 27. Register...
Opening the SQL Prompt Command Palette
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A few years ago SQL Prompt added a command palette to let you search...
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