Re: The fable of DEMETRIUS, CONSTRAINTICUS, and AUTOMATICUS

From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:58:44 GMT
Message-ID: <E8Qdd.434475$Fg5.271112_at_attbi_s53>


"Kenneth Downs" <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message news:g7b8lc.79o.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net...
> Laconic2 wrote:
>
> You can do absolutely
> anything you want to the database. The only request is that you do not
> issue direct DDL, but that you give input to the builder and let it
> generate the DDL, so that it is managed.

Do changes to the schema produce DDL that will cover the delta from one meta-state to the next? That is, will the system generate "ALTER TABLE INSERT COLUMN" or will it just generate a ton of CREATE TABLEs? In which case, how do you migrate?

Marshall Received on Thu Oct 21 2004 - 16:58:44 CEST

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