Re: upgrading database tables and data
On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 12:29:29PM -0600, David Everly wrote:
> Does anyone know of a package that I can look at that has a mechanism to
> run a series of certain SQL scripts based on upgrading from a certain
> version to a certain version?
>
> For instance, when upgrading from 1.1-1 to 1.1-2, I want to delete a row
> from a table, when upgrading from 1.1-2 to 1.2-1, I want to alter a
> table, and when upgrading from 1.1-1 to 1.2-1, I want to do both of
> these actions (first the delete, then the alter).
I do this in the JFFNMS package. If you want to see how I did it make
sure you get one that uses the compare-versions features and not the old
way with a switch statement.
I do ask the admin if they want this done automatically.
- Craig
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