Regards,
Pho
In theory, yes. In practice, that depends on how attached the powers that be are to the existing process.Can anyone improve this process ?
Author of Test Driven (2007) and Effective Unit Testing (2013) [Blog] [HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch]
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi
Scott's book also mentions these incremental database management scripts:Originally posted by Stan James:
I like the idea that I check in a script that modifies the current baseline database along with the code. Other techniques?
Author of Test Driven (2007) and Effective Unit Testing (2013) [Blog] [HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch]
The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet. - William Gibson
Sonny Gill LinkedIn
Tweets
<a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/bios/ambler.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scott W. Ambler</a><br />Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Rational<br /> <br />Now available: <a href="http://www.ambysoft.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design</a>
The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet. - William Gibson
Sonny Gill LinkedIn
Tweets
Originally posted by Stan James:
We are just moving from an environment with one development application server and database for the team to one per workstation. If I check in Java changes, no problem, everybody refreshes from the repo and we're all in sync. If I check in Java plus schema changes, everybody has to update their database before the code they get from the repo will work. I'm interested in real-life solutions to this, too.
I like the idea that I check in a script that modifies the current baseline database along with the code. Other techniques?
Sab<br /> <br />Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through selfless work.<br />Swami Vivekananda
<a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/bios/ambler.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scott W. Ambler</a><br />Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Rational<br /> <br />Now available: <a href="http://www.ambysoft.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design</a>
Did you see how Paul cut 87% off of his electric heat bill with 82 watts of micro heaters? |