Monthly Archives: February 2024

A First Look at Redgate’s Subsetter

Posted on February 28, 2024 by way0utwest

I have been a proponent of subsetting databases in dev/test for a long time. It took awhile, but as part of the Test Data Manager that Redgate launched at the PASS Data Community Summit, there is a subsetting component. I … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Code Review

Posted on February 28, 2024 by way0utwest

The inspiration for this was a piece about the art of the good code review. Throughout my career, I’ve seen code reviews grow and change. From formal meetings to automated notifications and asynchronous discussions to complete lip service to the … Continue reading →

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Foreign Keys in SQL Data Generator

Posted on February 26, 2024 by way0utwest

A customer recently asked about using FKs in SQL Data Generator, and I decided to write a short post showing how these work. The Scenario I’ve got a copy of the Northwind sample database on my system, named Westwind so … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Not Upgrading

Posted on February 26, 2024 by way0utwest

About ten years ago my sister-in-law broke the screen on her mobile phone. She’d had an older iPhone and when she went to upgrade, none of the upgrade processes worked because her OS was so far behind that they couldn’t … Continue reading →

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