Continuous integration (CI) is becoming more and more common in application development. It ensures code and related resources are integrated regularly and tested by an automated build system, and highlights problems early in the development process. But what about database development? Can the same advantages of CI be applied to production databases? Where do you start? How do you tackle it? Sjors Takes relates his experience.
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In a recent survey run SQL Server Central, 58% of respondents admitted that their test database is an exact copy of their production database. Many of these respondents concede that they should be removing sensitive data, but aren’t. It seems that the desire to have realistic data will, for many, trump the requirement to keep sensitive data out of development and test environments. In this blog post, Redgate's Jason Crease introduces the new 'SQL Instant Clone' and explains how it could help.
Steve Jones is pleased to see some changes at Azure that make the database a stronger platform.
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks about the things that help us out when we forget to handle some aspect of server administration. These safety nets can be handy, but should they be there? Should we have more of them? Join the discussion.
Paul Randal adds another chapter to his thorough series on knee-jerk wait statistics, focusing on the often-misunderstood PAGELATCH_XX waits.
A quick tip to help you get system object suggestions from SQL Prompt.
Ghanesh Prasad discusses 12 best practices any developer or DBA should follow when working on a SSRS project.
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