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I'm studying some scenarios and want some help with it.
We have a team with 68 developers. We all work on three web softwares and all of them are SQL Server based. We have today about 4 databases with setup data of our products, and about 5 types of other databases, to store client's data. These clients databases have mostly the same structure.
Our development and homologation environment are shared to all developers, that are scripting all day long, making changes on tables, stored procedures, etc.
The thing is we are having much trouble to guarantee that one can pass through development, to homologation, then to the production environment without any trouble, like, lost a piece of his work, caused by another developer that was working on the same object.
So, I know the Red Gate's solution, but it is very expensive to us right now, but it sure is the most adaptive and maybe the best solution of this kind on market right now. But I'm wondering if there´s no another solution, maybe using some softwares combined together, or maybe adopting a kind of process... Anyway, I would appreciate some directions because I'm kind of lost right now.
If anyone knows some fonts that I can research, it will be good too.
I have read somethings about this matter, that I found here on Stack Overflow, but they mostly said that the best thing is to use a local copy of the databases, but with my scenario I don't think that's a good option right now. Any ideas, guys? Thanks in advance!
What we are doing in our team (much smaller though, about 10 people working on the databases) is:
Everyone uses a local database to develop and do their daily job.
We use Visual Studio database projects to store the structure of the databases. Developers check in their changes in the same way as the code. All the merge conflicts are resolved in TFS which also gives us versioning.
We prepare the scripts to upgrade testing, staging and production environments from the database project nightly. We can do that at any time for any version though as the database structure is versioned and thus aligned with the code.
I hope you find this answer helpful in some way. I can elaborate more on specific points if you want more information.
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First off, please forgive me if this has been answered before. I did do a search before posting but the results that came back were not really satisfying. This is question is a "last resort" type of thing, to point us to the right direction, if at all possible.
My team and I have been looking for a good test case management tool. So far we have been using Zephyr, but we find it to be quite bloated and a tad complicated for what we believe we need.
What we need the tool with the following features.
Integration with Jira
Good reporting capabilities (much like Zephyr).
Support for agile teams.
Support for multiple projects over multiple iterations.
Nice, clean and intuitive interface
Some things to consider:
We have rejected Jira as a test management tool because we feel handling multiple projects with it would be a real pain
We have also rejected Zephyr for Jira, pretty much for the same reasons, and because of our current experience with Zephyr.
Would it possible for you to recommend any tool that satisfies the above features?
Thank you in advance!
Why don't you take a look at PractiTest?
I am biased because I work for them, but on the other hand the system provides all the things you mentioned above that you are looking for (simple to use, good integration with Jira, supports Agile teams, etc) and some additional features and things that make the life of the average tester easier and overall better.
You can sign up to one of the public demos that run once or twice a week from the site. And after the demo you can choose to work with PractiTest for free for a couple of weeks as part of the 2-week free evaluation license.
As you said, testing and test management should not be complex and over-bloated...
-joel
Try APTEST (product of Atlassian). With APTEST integration with JIRA is made simpler. It connect tests and test results to issues in JIRA. For more details check the following link APTEST - JIRA Integration
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I know the community around Progress 4GL is highly lacking in activity, but the people on SO are a surprisingly resourceful bunch of guys!
I'm looking for a tool that is capable of creating a dependency tree for classes, include files, and other structures in Progress 4GL. Ideally it would have a command line interface so that it can be integrated into an automated build.
I would like to avoid rolling my own if I can help it. We have a 4Mloc code base, so a manually-generated dependency graph just won't work out very well. Is there any hope?
Thanks!
There is a very active community, but you need to know where to look. :)
See http://www.joanju.com/ for several tools which might be useful.
BravePoint might have some resources, but probably not free.
Also http://www.oehive.org/
I believe the free 10-year-old app below will do some of what you require, but was written for legacy Progress versions (ie. it will only recognize direct old-fashioned RUNs and includes, I think). As for rolling your own, or getting a start, it was written in c++ and the author may still have the source code if you email him...
Here's the link to the app
The Progress community can be found at various places in addition to the above (eg. Peg.com, ProgressTalk.com, PSDN.com, etc.), is relatively minute, but is hardly inactive.
My xref->TT tool can take apart xref strings from the COMPILE XREF statement and turns it into a set of temp-tables. You could then take that the temp-tables and use them to populate a database, after which I'm sure you'll post your code back to the community so others can take advantage of it. :)
I stopped working on it around ~2008, so it pre-dates the OOABL structures.
See http://communities.progress.com/pcom/docs/DOC-16588
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I'm looking for a free online SQL interpreter that also has a database associated with it. I want to play around with SQL statements, but I don't want to setup my own database. I've looked around google for a bit, but I only found one web site that has interactive courses, an interpreter functionality and a small database: http://sqlcourse2.com/
Does anybody know of a better SQL interpreter and database?
SQLite is the fastest way to go.
http://www.sqlite.org/
It is supplied with a command-line utility to execute queries.
The database is kept in a single .sqlite3 file.
As simplistic as it gets.
Oracle offers free hosted workspaces for evaluation at apex.oracle.com.
I've used and recommended this site before to friends.
http://www.sql-ex.ru
It has exercises that you write SQL for and test on a live database. They also have decent faq's, guides, forum discussion based on exercises, ect... Pretty good source if you are starting up or want to test your skills or see more then one way to approach a problem.
My only advice is that if you're going to learn SQL it would be worth learning also how to install the thing. Most DBAs I know are also fairly adept systems administrators as well and for good reason. Setting up real databases can be difficult to do well.
So go out and get a copy of an easy DB with a good ui and get started. If you're on the mac you already have MySQL and you can use Sequel Pro as the UI. If you're on windows I'd really recommend PostgresQL and the excellent PgAdmin.
SQL isn't just syntax anymore, I know the spec says otherwise but if you're interested in learning about databases for a job just groking the syntax isn't enough.
Why don't you want to set up a database? It is quick and easy to do.
Check the Express version of SQL Server. It is also free.
SQL Server Express WebLog: How should I Install SQL Server 2008 Express
I'm using sqleditor.co.uk to teach my students basic SQL.
According to help page it is using MySQL backend.
Have a look at Ideone - it is free and supports SSQLite
I found link where you can directly try queries online:
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_tryit.asp
Have a look at MySQL free hosting here.
Hope this helps.
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The sort of stuff I'm after right now is quite basic:
Auto format
Detect unused variables
Variable naming convention checking
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a tool available that could handle more complex refactorings such as those found in Refactoring Databases, but I appreciate that the added complexities introduced by current db structure and data state may prevent many of them.
I suppose I'm after ReSQLer
RedGate offers SQL Refactor and SQL Prompt, along with a slew of other SQL related tools. Check out their pages for more info and for a free trial.
There is a free SQL formatting and refactoring add-in for SSMS and VS developed by ApexSQL. I suggest you check these articles before you decide if it's the right tool for you:
http://solutioncenter.apexsql.com/category/sql-code-refactoring/
I have used Embarcadero Rapid SQL for code formating.
Something like SQL Prompt from RedGate?
SQL Prompt has basic format and beautify functions now, if you don't want to buy both products
The free SSMS Tools Pack supports basic beautify as well I believe
http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/Features?f=3
Uppercase/Lowercase keywords and
proper case Database Object Names. Set
all keywords to uppercase or lowercase
letters. Custom keywords can be added.
Format all database objects to their
proper case sensitive name.
I use SQL Enlight, which is a fairly inexpensive tool which does autoformatting, validation and refactoring pretty well. (And -- no, I am not affiliated w/ Ubitsoft in any way...)
JetBrains have just announced 0xDBE - a new IDE for SQL machines.
It's build on the IntelliJ platform, so should have many of the same shortcuts you get in the JetBrains suite of products.
http://www.jetbrains.com/dbe/
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What tool for managing Oracle DB do you suggest? I need to execute scripts and manage data in tables and develop some scripts and packages. I'v tried SQL developer and actually don't like it. Want some more features for developing (debug, code assist, integrated help and so on.)
Surprising i haven't seen a message about Toad for Oracle. Its the best I've worked with so far.
http://www.toadsoft.com/toad_oracle.htm
I just found out about this today and it looks impressive: http://www.dbvis.com/
I've never used this before but have you looked at http://eclipsesql.sourceforge.net/ (although it doesn't seem as full featured as SQL Developer)
Feature wise, I would use Toad or SQL Navigator. Although I think for the little they are offering they are horrible expensive.
I've been using PL/SQL Developer from Allround Automations for the last several years. Very solid. Toad is great if your budget can afford it.
Back in my Oracle days, I always liked to use the Benthic Software Golden Tools - extremely lightweight, useful, intuitive to use, inexpensive to license - great stuff all around!
Benthic also offer a PLEdit tool to edit PL/SQL code, and a GoldLoad tool to batch load large amounts of data into Oracle.
Well, you should take a look at Devart's OraDeveloper Studio. It is a powerful development environment for working with Oracle, that provides an easier way to develop SQL scripts and PL/SQL program units, create and execute queries, manage users and privileges, explore existing databases, modify schema objects, export and import data, create database projects, and more.