If you are using any dbForge tools for SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and/or PostgreSQL, please make sure you have read this post.
Recently, Microsoft released...
SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) is a series of steps for developing, improving, and sustaining a software system. Learn more about the stages and best practices.
Sometimes we cannot...
One of the regular jobs performed by a database administrator and developer is creating and executing queries of higher complexity to resolve complicated tasks....
Read on about how to recover deleted files using redo and undo scripts generated with the help of dbForge Transaction Log. In addition, the article covers some basics of ACID properties in transactions and best practices for rollback operations.
dbForge DevOps Automation helps automate SQL Server database development, testing, and deployment. It was designed to minimize deployment risks and speed up the release...
Version-controlling SQL Server databases in GitHub has never been easier with Devart solutions. You can commit and revert changes, view and resolve conflicts, track...
Database statistics are a powerful weapon. They store a vast array of information about the database data that helps identify slow-running queries and allows...
To properly manage the database development process, stay informed of the changes delivered by other developers, and avoid conflicts or missing data in the...
dbForge Studio for SQL Server is an all-encompassing IDE, designed for efficient development, management, and administration of SQL Server databases. It comprises a set...
Working with SQL databases and tables usually implies performing daily data-related tasks using the CRUD operations in order to re-use, manipulate, and access data...
Here come this year's first awards received by Devart products! The Visual Studio Magazine announced the winners of its 27th annual Reader's Choice Awards,...
The backup process is an important link in the chain of successful database administration and robust data protection. In this article, we are going...
We all need to refer to temporary tables quite often. They are necessary to deal with interim aggregations or outputting intermediate results. However, it...
The importance of database backup and restore can be neither underestimated nor ignored. And since your data is subject to modification, the primary task...
Extended Events is a helpful and convenient solution designed to monitor your system performance. First introduced in SQL Server 2008, it has become the...
Database synchronization is an everyday necessity. You need it regularly when you have several similar databases that serve the same “user.”
The typical situation is,...
In our fast-changing world, observations of certain events, operations, and processes determine the development of business and implementation of any solutions or ideas. Such...
Data migration is a common challenge in the field of database development, management, and administration. This guide will illustrate the process of exporting database data to a .sql file and subsequently importing it into the target database.
The present article deals with one of the bottlenecks in the work of database developers and administrators, namely the occurrence of invalid objects and...
In the previous articles, we studied the basic rules of SQL database design, created a database schema diagram for a recruitment service, and filled...
Systems often work with distributed databases that contain distributed tables. Distribution is supported by various mechanisms, including replication. In this case, it is...
To start, let's give definitions and highlight the difference between PIVOT and UNPIVOT operators in SQL Server.
The PIVOT and UNPIVOT relational operators are used...
DBA has a number of duties that are primarily targeted at supporting database performance capabilities and data consistency. The administrator can use the CHECKDB...
In previous articles, we have reviewed a general algorithm of finding and deleting incomplete open transactions in SQL Server databases, created a table for...