Hey Florian, Wow, it seems this topic comes up every *checks mailing list-has it really been that short?* few weeks. For reference, see the thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00783.html
And also the prospective SoC project here: http://www.mail-archive.com/sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01644.html I think the short answer is, please, yes, write something, but good luck with the devilish details :P -G On Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 2:49:52 PM, you wrote: > Hi, > I just had a run-in with our database guy who needed two hours and numerous > retries to provide a sql script to move our database to my latest model > changes > (really simple ones), and it's not all correct even now because he forgot to > remove some columns and tables. > Anyway, this lead me to the conclusion, humans are ill suited to write > database > migration scripts. > It would be quite handy if I could somehow take two models, compute the > difference and issue the sql to change my create/drop/alter my tables. > Now the create/drop stuff is quite easy, but with altering tables I don't > know. > Is there anything in sqlalchemy that helps at this task? Any startpoints? > Cheers, > Florian > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Sqlalchemy-users mailing list > Sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlalchemy-users ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Sqlalchemy-users mailing list Sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlalchemy-users