I hate to ask - but if you copy the data from the live server to your testing server, make a change to the database on your testing server then upload the database structure and data back to the live server, what happens to any new data collected on the live server in the time it takes you to make the change and upload the table?
I run my own server so I don't have that problem, but if I did, I would think a better way might be just use cfquery to modify the database (see http://tutorial28.easycfm.com/) . You can test it locally then run it on the server to make the database changes.. then ask the administrator of the server to backup the database to a password protected directory on your server, and run an automated task to zip it and download it to your local machine every night.. >Then as i develop things, frequently there are database changes, so >I change the dev version, build my code and test it, then copy the >database to the production. > >So if you havent got database server administrator privileges, the >only way to do all that is to copy databases, both data and schema >between one server and the other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317457 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
