Re:Why The Clock is Ticking for MongoDB
by mercurial on Thursday April 17, 2014 @11:32AM
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> Data migrations are rarely just about adding or removing a few columns.
This has not been my experience. Sure, you occasionally need code to do a migration. But at least 90% of the time, you are adding to or refactoring your existing data model. In which case, pure SQL is entirely sufficient, unless you've been doing untoward things with your schema.
This has not been my experience. Sure, you occasionally need code to do a migration. But at least 90% of the time, you are adding to or refactoring your existing data model. In which case, pure SQL is entirely sufficient, unless you've been doing untoward things with your schema.