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Re: Version control of Databases

From: Frank Gruman <fgatwork_at_verizon.net>
Date: 2005-06-09 20:38:36 CEST

We are also using Oracle.

No biggie. We use TOAD, and there is (with the pricier license, of
course) a DB Compare tool that will automagically create your scripts
for you. If necessary, run this tool just before you do a branch (or
after) and save that in. The other option - when they make a change
through their GUI tools is to then take a snapshot of the DDL and save
that out, saving it as the actual object name (with the object type as
the extension).

Of course - your developers may choose option 1 because it's work they
don't have to do. But then how do you track which developer is making
which change to your DB?

Regards,
Frank

Gabor Szabo wrote:

>Thanks for the suggestions so far.
>
>I am sure they fit small teams of 1-5 ppl (I do similar things) but I
>wonder if they fit
>larger teams.
>
>What I forgot to mention that we are dealing here with Oracle and a
>slow company.
>When I mentioned them that the developers will have to write scripts to update
>the database they wanted to run away.
>
>They want to have some wizzard or GUI tool to maintain the database
>(e.g. SQL Navigator)
>and then they somehow want to have the upgrade script magically.
>
>Gabor
>
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