Tag Archives: software development

Better Coding, More Savings

Posted on December 19, 2016 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on May 13, 2013. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday. I’m sure most of us would like to think that we write fairly efficient code. However the reality for many of us … Continue reading →

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DBAs Need to Learn to Develop

Posted on December 13, 2016 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Jan 7, 2014. It is being re-run as Steve is at SQL in the City today. My first exposure to computers was as a child, learning to program in BASIC, Assembler, and Pascal. From … Continue reading →

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DLM Automation–Making a Database Connection

Posted on November 16, 2016 by way0utwest

One of the things I’ve been wanting to do is dig more into the command line automation cmdlets from the Redgate DLM Automation suite. While there are plugins for many build and release systems, I should be able to customize, … Continue reading →

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Held Hostage by the Database

Posted on November 16, 2016 by way0utwest

Your database platform will constrain and limit the flexibility you have in evolving your software. It doesn’t matter which platform you choose, which type of database, or even the format for your data. At some point, you will be dealing … Continue reading →

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