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SnowflakeDB?
I know that Flyway can be used with Snowflake.Has Redgate any broader interest in Snowflake beyond that? It's a lovely platform to work with and things like Schema Compare would be a Godsend.
AWS Babelfish
AWS Babelfish is supposed to let applications running against SQL Server to run against AWS PostGres RDS with little or no code changes.Has anyone taken a look at this yet? If it works then this h...
Redgate Data Catalog DB Documentation
I'm working to attach descriptions to the tables and columns in the Redgate Data Catalog. I'm not finished yet but when I have done I should like to make these scripts available.My original plan w...
Product icons
Is there an official set of product icons that can be used when producing diagrams of how the different Redgate products fit into a particular solution?These would help when writing articles as well.
SQLDoc - Feature enhancement
I have an idea for an article for SQLDoc. Based on work I have been doing this year to jump start documentation for a data warehouse.I have hit a slight hiccup in that SQLDoc encodes HTML tags rat...
Data Catalog thoughts
I am experimenting with the data catalog and there are some omissions that I notice.
Once categories and tags are created I cannot find a facility to go back and edit their descriptions
MS_DESCRIPT...
Gotchas when linking static data in source control
This isn't specific to Redgate source control but relates to a problem when putting data in a source control system. We took 3 strategies to placing data into source control for our data warehouse....
The ever fragmenting product that is SQL Server
When I started using SQL Server back in the days of SQL6.5 there were 2 exams. Database design and Database Administration. You could become an expert in the entire product with enough time and e...
Simple Expression - Turn of preview refresh
I am using the "Simple Expression" generator and am getting a bit frustrated by it auto-refreshing on a partially completed expression. Is there a way to turn the auto-refresh off?
I want to enter...
List of data generators?
Could you include a simple list of generators in the online documentation?
I am fighting a rear guard action against decision makers with little DB experience who want to use the Python Faker libra...