EPISODE · Nov 4, 2022 · 31 MIN
Version control for databases
from Postgres FM · host Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides
Here are links to a few things we mentioned: A brief history of Version Control Systems (blog post by Mehran Hajirajabi)Redgate Source Control for Oracle (and SQL Server)Flyway Sqitch Liquibase pgAdmin Schema Diff Migra PostgresCompare Schema based versioning and deployment (blog post by Valentine Gogichashvili)Change management tools and techniques (PostgreSQL Wiki)GitLab migration_helpers.rb Database schema changes without downtime (blog post by James Coleman from Braintree/PayPal) Zero-downtime Postgres schema migrations need lock_timeout and retries (blog post by Nikolay) ------------------------What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know by tweeting us on @samokhvalov / @michristofides / @PostgresFM, or by commenting on our Google doc.If you would like to share this episode, here's a good link (and thank you!)Postgres FM is brought to you by:Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiMichael Christofides, founder of pgMustardWith special thanks to:Jessie Draws for the amazing artwork
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Nikolay and Michael discuss database schema version control — what we've seen, some options, and where we'd like to see improvements.
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