Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Continuous Integration on SQL Server


Yesterday, I gave a presentation at the “Israeli SQL Server User Group” (Part of PASS), discussing the importance of continuous integration, automatic build, and the approach of SQL Code handling in general.
Lecturing there was a pleasure, the audience was great and I’ve got many responses during, and after the presentation.

Presentation aside; what puzzles me the most, is the fact that many SQL Developers don’t treat their code the way other developers (c#, java etc...) do
SQL Code is not just ad-hoc scripts; the code is often part of a big enterprise system -
It has to connect altogether, to compile & build, to use the right references and to be clean and readable.
Keeping these guidelines, even before you implement Automatic builds / CI, help you be in control when a team of SQL developers rapidly write new code and modify existing one.

Another thing worth mentioning is – Automatic deployment in Visual Studio is by all means, not intended for production deployment.
The main concept is to keep an updated, high-quality development (and maybe QA) environments with the latest code. This will help us:
  •           Provide a ‘Latest’ database version for integration with the other dev teams
  •           Ensure code quality and stability

For production, use whatever you like (diff scripts, 3rd parties…)

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Last but not least – I sensed some excitement around controlling the presentation with my tablet. I’m always happy to see that I’m not the only gadget freak in the room J
So, there are many solutions out there. I’ve used Unified Remote (for Android) along with the server-side installation
Control can be done either through Wi-Fi or BT 

get it here: