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New Free Videos on SQL Prompt, SQL Compare, and SQL Doc with Redgate SQL Change Automation

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.

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SQL Change Automation, Visual Studio, and the Unknown SQL Server Platform Error

SQL Change Automation, Visual Studio, and the Unknown SQL Server Platform Error

I recently set up Redgate’s SQL Change Automation in Visual Studio 2017, and I ran into a confusing error when I started trying to use it. For any other folks out there searching on “Unknown SQL Server Platform,” here’s how I got past it.

Spoiler: Visual Studio suggested updating Microsoft’s SQL Server Data Tools, which failed for me and wasted a lot of time.Β Updating Visual StudioΒ did fix my issue.

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