For most application developers, it’s unthinkable to work without version control. So why is the database any different? This blog lays out 6 clear benefits to applying version control best practice to your database alongside your application.
I’m constantly hearing stories about terrible managers, and, of course, I’ve experienced quite a few myself. In fact, I can’t come up with many nice things to say about most managers when I look back over my career. (Luckily, my manager at Redgate is wonderful!) Early in my tech career, I was working at a […]
After the first article created a Calendar table, learn how to use this in a practical sense with some common queries.
With the implementation of the BBPress forums at SQLServerCentral, a few community members have asked how the forums work and how to best use them. This document will address a few of the items that have been asked by users. A list of questions is followed by the answers below. If you have additional questions […]
What will you do about vacation during the pandemic? Steve gives his thoughts.
Learn how to use SQL Clone together with Git hooks and SQL Change Automation to branch your database in Git as quickly and simply as your code.
If your query doesn’t have an ORDER BY clause, you can’t reliably predict the order of your results over time. Sure, it’s going to look predictable at first, but down the road, as things change – the indexes, the table, the server’s configuration, the size of your data – you can end up with some ugly surprises.
A detailed description of a technique for the the solution of the Bin Packing Problem, that involves a recursive CTE and Window functions
Steve notes we all need to learn to communicate and share information better, especially while we are remote.
A flexible approach to Database DevOps where the team maintain the current state of the database in version control, during development, and then at key stages generate and test the migrations script that will deploy the changes to the target database, safely.
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