Monthly Archives: May 2017

DevOps Basics–Creating a local repo and committing files

Posted on May 11, 2017 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is also a part of a basic series on git and how to use it. A local repo … Continue reading →

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Using DBCC Clonedatabase

Posted on May 10, 2017 by way0utwest

I haven’t messed with the new DBCC CloneDatabase option in SQL Server 2014/12016 (depending on patches), but recently I saw this: On a quiet Friday afternoon, this seemed like a good time to experiment. We (Redgate Software) have a salesdemo … Continue reading →

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Balloons and Data

Posted on May 9, 2017 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Aug 8. 2013. It is being re-run as Steve is out of the office. We see a lot of questions at SQLServerCentral repeated over the years as workers new to the platform encounter some … Continue reading →

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Shipping Database Changes–T-SQL Tuesday #90

Posted on May 9, 2017 by way0utwest

This is a good T-SQL Tuesday topic from James Anderson: shipping database changes. It’s especially poignant for me since I talk and present often on this topic. Much of my work at Redgate involves helping people implement DevOps for Databases, … Continue reading →

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