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PASS Summit 2019 Call for Speakers Is Open: How I Sketch Out My Submission Ideas
Are you interested in speaking at the Professional Association for SQL Server’s annual Summit conference?
The call for speakers is now open, and you may submit up to three sessions between now and March 31, 2019.
I’m sketching out my ideas for what sessions that I’d like to submit, and I thought I’d share my process here.
Contest: Tell Your Database Development Disaster Story (5 Winners Get $150 USD or More Each)
Redgate is building a library of real-world stories about database development disasters.
Your mission: Tell us a true story in 500 words or less about a time when you were involved in an Agile or DevOps project that went full steam ahead in speeding up delivery of application code, but didn’t modernize database development practices. Did trouble follow? Check out the prizes and give us the scoop here before March 20, 2019.
Kendra Breaks and Fixes SQL Source Control in 9 Minutes
I love breaking technology.
I love breaking technology on purpose, in a place where it’s not going to slow anyone else down. It’s a great way to learn more about how everything works and what your options are to fix the situation when things go sideways.
New Free Videos on SQL Prompt, SQL Compare, and SQL Doc with Redgate SQL Change Automation
I’m excited to have just clicked ‘publish’ on four new videos in the brand new Advocate playlist on Redgate’s YouTube channel.
These videos step through setting up and working with a project in one of my favorite Redgate tools: SQL Change Automation.
What a Software Evangelist Does and Where the Job Is Going (Dear SQL DBA Episode 67)
I’ve been working as an Evangelist at Redgate for close to six months now, and one question keeps coming up: what exactly does an Evangelist do at a software company? In 21 minutes, I explain the core mission of Evangelists, and why I think being part of the sales process is an important part of the future of software evangelism.
State vs Migration for Database Source Control: Decide Based on One Question
One controversial topic in database development is how to properly store and deploy database changes.
This is generally described as choosing between two options, which are approximately as easy to understand as Greek philosophy:
- State based: A Platonic view of the database as a snapshot of a set of forms in a given state at a point in time
- Migrations: An Aristotelian view of the database defined as a series of scripts which generate change over time