Database Deployment: Options, Tools, and a Strategy That Doesn’t Break Production

Database deployment is one of the few parts of the development process where a small mistake can be expensive for a long time. An app can be redeployed in minutes. A production database carries state – existing data, stored procedures, permissions, and replication settings – and the wrong change can mean data loss, prolonged downtime, or a rollback that simply isn’t possible. That’s why database…