The Benefits of Source Code Management
I suppose I should begin this discussion by talking about the benefits of storing your Transact-SQL code in a version control or source code management system. Some of these benefits aren't immediately obvious, so it's instructive to go through a few of them.
First and foremost, version controlling your code allows you to roll back to a previous version should you discover a bug or decide to scrap a code branch you've started. Because every version you've checked into the system is readily available, accessing a previous one is easy.
Second, version control systems usually provide difference-checking facilities. These are invaluable. When you've discovered a newly introduced coding problem and want to know ...
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