A Good Reason to use a VCS

Steve has a good reason to use a version control system. It's a different kind of backup that you might need.

Building Helpful Commit Messages

Using a VCS is a core skill, according to Steve. One part of that is learning to write better commit messages.

Using Azure Data Studio with Git

In this article, we will examine how to use Azure Data Studio with a git repository for storing code.

Using Azure Data Studio with TFVC

Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I've written a few articles on how the tool works, shown here: Getting Started with Azure Data Studio Getting Comfortable Writing Code in Azure Data Studio Using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio If there are other features you're interested in, let me […]

The Case for Considering Git

Today we have a guest editorial from Kendra Little that looks at choosing a version control system as you adopt a Database DevOps software development process.

Branching in VCS

Version Control - Just Start Doing It?

Read a call to get started using Version Control with your database code with a few ideas on how this can help you.

Trusting Source Control

One of the benefits of a version control system (VCS) is that you can look at the history of code changes. Ed Elliot shows us a situation where that helps a DBA track down a problem.

Tracking Database DDL Changes with SQLVer

Presents an open-source T-SQL based version tracking system for MSSQL

Storing code in Version control