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Re: Keeping python code and database in sync

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"Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Friday, August 29, 2014 6:12:06 PM UTC+5:30, Frank Millman wrote:
>> Hi all
>
>> Now that I have bitten the bullet and published my repository, I am 
>> forced
>> to change my working practices (which is a good thing!).
>
>> The project is inherently database-driven. The python code expects to 
>> find
>> certain tables and columns in the database. As I develop new features, I
>> sometimes need to modify the database structure. In the bad old days 
>> (like
>> yesterday) I would just make the modifications and carry on. Now I have 
>> to
>> be aware that others may have downloaded the project, so I have to 
>> consider
>> how to ensure that their database is kept up to date.
>
>
> There are tools like this
> http://alembic.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
>
> It may help to read that to avoid reinvention
>

Thanks for the link, Rustom.

I glanced at it, and it looks very powerful, but I will have to find the 
time to study it at leisure.

In the meantime, Chris' suggestion is simple to implement and adequate for 
my present needs, so I will run with that for now.

Frank

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Keeping python code and database in sync "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-08-29 14:42 +0200
  Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-29 05:55 -0700
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-08-29 15:19 +0200
  Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-29 10:54 -0400
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-08-29 12:04 -0500
    suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-08-29 12:02 -0700
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-30 06:34 +1000
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 08:31 +1000
    Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 08:38 +1000
      Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-29 19:19 -0400
        Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 09:38 +1000
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2014-08-29 18:47 -0500
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-08-29 16:54 -0700
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-08-29 21:14 -0500
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 12:28 +1000
    Re: suckitude classifications {taken to absurdity} Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-08-30 11:13 -0400

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