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2026 - Redgate Flyway - Starting strong with Oracle

Feb 18, 2026 By Stephanie Herr In Redgate

Deploying changes to Oracle databases can be complex from working across multiple schemas, handling dependencies, and accounting for environment differences. Flyway has been helping teams bring order and automation to Oracle development for over 15 years and in 2026 we’re accelerating that investment even further. Here’s a look at the latest enhancements available today and what’s coming next for Oracle users.

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AI Query Assist for SolarWinds SQL Sentry

Feb 18, 2026 By solarwindsinc In SolarWinds

Rewrite inefficient SQL Server queries in seconds—not hours. In this demo, we show you how AI Query Assist in SolarWinds SQL Sentry transforms the way you tune performance. Watch how to take a problematic query from the "Top SQL" view and use generative AI to instantly generate optimized rewrites and uncover missing indexes. What you will see: Instant Optimization: How to automate query rewriting and get plain-language explanations of the logic changes.

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Salesforce Integration in .NET | dotConnect for Salesforce Overview

Feb 18, 2026 By Devart In Devart

Looking to integrate Salesforce data directly into your.NET applications? dotConnect for Salesforce is a powerful ADO.NET provider designed to deliver secure, high-performance connectivity with full ORM support.

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Database Indexing: How It Works, Types, and When to Use It

Feb 18, 2026 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9

How database indexes work, when to use B-tree vs hash indexes, clustered vs non-clustered indexes, and how to tell if your indexes are actually helping.

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Redgate Test Data Manager Product Updates - January 2025

Feb 16, 2026 By James Hemson In Redgate

This is a guest post from James Hemson. The January release of Redgate Test Data Manager brings the launch of our free trial, a completely redesigned installation experience, and powerful new workflow capabilities. These updates make it faster to get started and easier to automate your data provisioning pipelines.

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Compliant Test Data Used to Be Hard. It Isn't Anymore.

Feb 16, 2026 By Saskia Parks In Redgate

This is a guest post from Saskia Parks. If you're exploring test data management (TDM) solutions, you probably know your current practices aren't ideal, but you're skeptical investing in a solution is worth the budget and effort. We hear the same concerns. The perception is that proper TDM is expensive, complicated, and takes months of painful implementation.

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Install and Activate dotConnect in Visual Studio & Any IDE

Feb 16, 2026 By Devart In Devart

Learn how to install and activate dotConnect products step by step. In this video, we show all available installation options—including NuGet Package Manager, command-line installation in any IDE, and the Windows installer for full Visual Studio integration. You’ll also see how to activate dotConnect using a license key, including how to get a free 30-day trial key from the Devart Customer Portal. This guide helps you.

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Control your dependencies in Flyway Desktop for Oracle and SQL Server Databases

Feb 16, 2026 By Stephanie Herr In Redgate

This is a guest post from Stephanie Herr. One of Flyway’s biggest strengths is its ability to track your database schema as individual SQL DDL scripts on disk. This gives you full version control over every object, along with a complete audit trail of what changed, who changed it, when it changed, and why. For teams working with Oracle and/or SQL Server, this level of transparency is essential and this latest release provides even more support for how you handle changes across dependent objects.

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Redgate Flyway, Oracle, and the Case of the Lowercase Schema

Feb 13, 2026 By Kellyn Gorman In Redgate

If you’ve spent any time working with Oracle databases, you’ve probably internalized a few expectations so deeply that you don’t even think about them anymore. One of the biggest is this: Database users, tables, views, and metadata are in UPPERCASE. So, when you query the database directly, no matter if using SQL*Plus, SQLcl,SQL Developer, or any other tool, you’re going to format your query in a common way.

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dotConnect for Dynamics 365 | Secure C# ADO.NET connection with ORM support

Feb 13, 2026 By Devart In Devart

Integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 into your C# .NET applications with dotConnect for Dynamics 365—a powerful, high-performance data provider built for secure enterprise connectivity. From workflow automation to CRM data synchronization, dotConnect enables reliable access with seamless Visual Studio integration and advanced ORM support for modern development workflows. Chapters: Try it free for 30 days and see why thousands of developers trust dotConnect for Dynamics 365 in mission-critical environments.

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