Re:Sqitch - Sane database change management
by zamalek on Monday August 31, 2015 @11:36AM
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> you are looking at a one-off migration event.
Right, and that's where you roll up your sleeves and describe how to upgrade to that new column; just like you'd handle an out-of-date wire format with C++. No matter how you look at it, you'll always have to manually deal with the most complex upgrade scenarios no matter what you are targeting (RDBMS/CPU/car/washing machine).
The question remains: why are we doing that all the time?
Right, and that's where you roll up your sleeves and describe how to upgrade to that new column; just like you'd handle an out-of-date wire format with C++. No matter how you look at it, you'll always have to manually deal with the most complex upgrade scenarios no matter what you are targeting (RDBMS/CPU/car/washing machine).
The question remains: why are we doing that all the time?