Simon Wittber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is currently regarded as postgresql best-practice for controlling > changes to a database? > > I currently administer SQL Server. I implemented a system which > scripts every database object each hour (into a SQL script on the > filesystem), and then uses SVN to track changes and email me if a > change has occured, which then gives me the opportunity to review and > commit the change. > > Is this sort of thing possible with postgresql?
Look at pg_dump -s. I do something similar though I only pull the data on demand and check it in manually with a commit message. With 7.4 you get spurious changes that you have to strip out. My makefile entry for 7.4 is: schema.sql: pg_dump -U postgres -s db | sed '/^-- TOC entry/d;/^\\connect - postgres/,/^\\connect - db/d;/^SET search_path/d;/^$$/d;/^--$$/d' > $@ I think the 8.0 pg_dump has removed the extraneous information. -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org