Build the VCS Habit
Steve thinks version control is a fundamental and critical part of working in technology.
2020-03-17
181 reads
Version Control Systems (VCS)
Why I’m Learning Git via the Command Line Interface
Today Kendra discusses the advantages of using a command line interface for Git.
2020-01-16
406 reads
A Good Reason to use a VCS
Steve has a good reason to use a version control system. It's a different kind of backup that you might need.
2019-09-19
370 reads
Building Helpful Commit Messages
Using a VCS is a core skill, according to Steve. One part of that is learning to write better commit messages.
2019-07-08
441 reads
Using Azure Data Studio with Git
In this article, we will examine how to use Azure Data Studio with a git repository for storing code.
2024-01-09 (first published: 2019-05-14)
10,200 reads
Using Azure Data Studio with TFVC
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I've written a few articles on how ADS works, shown here: Getting Started with Azure Data Studio Getting Comfortable Writing Code in Azure Data Studio Using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio Using Azure Data Studio with TFVC Using Azure Data Studio with […]
2019-05-07
5,399 reads
The Case for Considering Git
Today we have a guest editorial from Kendra Little that looks at choosing a version control system as you adopt a Database DevOps software development process.
2019-04-19
542 reads
2015-09-25
1,301 reads
Version Control - Just Start Doing It?
Read a call to get started using Version Control with your database code with a few ideas on how this can help you.
2015-09-15
6,161 reads
Trusting Source Control
One of the benefits of a version control system (VCS) is that you can look at the history of code changes. Ed Elliot shows us a situation where that helps a DBA track down a problem.
2015-06-30
5,083 reads
Blogs
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers