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Re:SQL Is No Excuse to Avoid DevOps by tracker1 on Monday January 07, 2019 @05:04PM (#18850661)
Docker can be a bit of a better option... Unless you're using the same database software for the in-memory operations as the actual deployment. Or aren't using many specific features the rdbms you have chosen (stored procedures, triggers, virtual fields, etc). Not that I'm a fan of triggers and prefer direct table access over SP, but virtual fields are GREAT during transitional changes.

It also generally requires an abstraction between the DB variants.

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Re:SQL Is No Excuse to Avoid DevOps by taeric on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:04PM (#18853046)
Agreed. In the old world, this is what an alpha/beta/gamma environment could help test against. The in memory could be used to make sure your units and overall components were correctly specified. The actual installs of the DB software to isolated schemas were where you made sure you integrated with the DB correctly.

That all said, I did not mean this to be that Docker doesn't provide some value. Just pointing out it is not a prerequisite. If that makes sense.

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