DB Ghost is best used to allow easy collaboration between developers during the development phase and easy reporting and propagation of changes directly from any source control system.

For the developers it is...

I agree - with DB Ghost handling the building of our databases and also the compare and upgrade as well Rules 1 and 2 are completely adhered to - Rule...

I guess the issue here is 'you get what you pay for' - this is a great article and provides an excellent (and free!) way to version your databases.  You...

I think GGSSAI is the best book I have read on SQL Server.  I like Ken's approach, detailed in his foreword, of finding out what goes on behind the scenes...

Yaniv - your latest post is much better.

You actually include some reasons for using your product that actually relate to the authors article.

You have...

Yaniv - although I have clearly provided a link to my companies website and product I think my post was a genuine answer to the authors stated issues, mainly the problem...

Sorry Jane I wasn't trying to slate the entire article per se, (honest!) - just the title and conclusion.  It clearly has some useful points regarding the easy reporting of identity columns etc....

I completely disagree - are you really suggesting that use of identity columns is somehow a greater evil that not designing your database properly?? I'm not suggesting that DBAs become...

I agree - the title of this article should have been 'The Importance Of Choosing Realistic Data Types When Designing Your Schema'.  I'd seriously consider 're-allocating' whoever designed the table with...

A great article Grant, especially as you also highlight the problematic areas too.

I think all of the issues stem from a single problem - you are being let down by...

"I think it’s a major inflection point" - It's good to see that Idera is being run by someone who has read 'Only The Paranoid Survive'. 

It should be required...

I am all for introducing control into the SQL change process, however, the method described in this article won't really help with the underlying problems of managing a large team of...