On Mar 14, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote: > > Hello Sean, > >> There is no reason why a generate schema from class feature couldnt >> introspect the database, see what differences exist with current >> model definition and alter the table keeping the data intact. > > As a curious coincidence, we're deploying a database patch right now > that contains logic to fix the data to fit in the new schema. > I'm sure having automatic schema migration is nice for simple cases, > but I would personally not trust our data to such a tool. This > becomes even more obvious knowing that this patch has been created > by one developer, and reviewed by two other developers, before > going to production.
I wouldnt trust a patch that has been reviewed by an infinite number of developers without running in on the real data. We do every upgrade on a backup of the data in question first and examine it for any problems that we might not have anticipated. ( or been overlooked. ) -- storm mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/storm
