Change control for... other things (table defs, external)
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:19 pm
Change control is all fine and dandy for source code control, but it kinda skips out table definition control. When software is unstable, the schema of the databases can change often and drastically, bouncing around so much that conversion scripts may be needed.
As of now, I'm doing table definition updates on an ad hoc basis: I try to remember if a particular push involved the creation of table, then I shut down the site, change the defs, run conversion scripts, upload the new program files, then turn the site on.
There must be a better way. How do you do it?
As of now, I'm doing table definition updates on an ad hoc basis: I try to remember if a particular push involved the creation of table, then I shut down the site, change the defs, run conversion scripts, upload the new program files, then turn the site on.
There must be a better way. How do you do it?