First of all, I am sorry because it might be a stupid question but after a day research I am confused and I have a very less time to decide.
We are using TFS as a CI tool and as an SCM. And Postgresql for DB.
Planning to Automate DB with Postgresql and TFS.
Please suggest a tool for this that I can go forward with running my SQL files on specific DB as I want.
Can anyone please tell me if I use DbUp Migration Extension of TFS is it supporting Postgresql? As this link shows it only works with Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Azure and then another Document says DbUp supports a number of different databases including Postgresql.
also, Does Flyway have support for c# and TFS ?
Most popular tools to do what you want is Liquibase and Flyway.
As I know there is only one significant difference: Flyway - plain SQL based, Liquibase - provides abstraction level based on XML, JSON or YAML as well as plain SQL. You can use abstractions (provided by Liquibase) to increase portability of your scripts.
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I have been doing some investigations into some light weight database Syncing tools to trial. The initial task we want to perform is a simple data sync from a few tables on a Sybase ASE database (15) to a SQL Server database (2008 R2). Timing wise, I'd like to keep my options open, but ultimately, I would like to have the ability to sync every minute or less.
I have been looking at SymmetricDS, which at face value seems to do exactly what I want it to. The drama is I have hit a couple of roadblocks on the Sybase side of things, which is proving to be very frustrating (Jumpmind support are assisting). It appears that Java has a problem with the default collation we have on our server, being HP-roman8. Unfortunately, to change this charset is way bigger then this project itself.
I have also started investigating Talend, but have hit a few roadblocks in relation to requiring older versions of drivers for Sybase and downgrading the installed version of Java.
Without having to go to Replication Server, does anyone have any suggestions on a relatively lightweight ETL or database Syncing tool that will do what I want? The biggest gotcha thus far is Sybase support - I really need something that will seamlessly work without having to hack too much.
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You should try uniVocity. It is a Java-based ETL framework that certainly can help you do what you need. You can use any JDBC driver, define your mappings with a few lines of code and have this working faster than a traditional ETL tool.
Have a read through its tutorial and also check out a few sample projects here
Disclosure: I am the author of this library. It's open-source and free (Apache V2.0 license).
My dept wants to keep using a homegrown ASP application that runs off a SQL-Server database, but we also want to take advantage of the governance capabilities and that slick navigator in Oracle Enterprise Repository. Is it possible to integrate an OER database with an un-normalized SQL-Server database?
I don't mean like a one-shot migration from SQL to OER. I'm looking for an adapter or something that would allow use of both OER and the ASP application on an ongoing basis?
I don't want to do a tightly coupled solution that involves a lot of coding of .bat files. I'd rather do something that takes advantage of already existing connectors and adapters, if possible.
OER does support SQL Server as the backend already - take a look at the OER Installation Guide. Great idea to use OER - we find it to be a very powerful and flexible tool for Governance, and I hear Oracle is investing a lot in it for future versions.
I have, admittedly, done very little searching on my own, so feel free to insult and/or harass me.
I have two databases that I use, one for development and one for production. In Visual Studio 2010, I have simple overrides that change the connection string based on whether I'm building for Debug or for Release.
Right now, I manually change the database schemas when needed. I've thought about creating scripts, but I'm wondering if there is a better way? Can I create a DB in Visual Studio on my local computer, migrate those changes to the development SQL and then, finally, migrate up to Production so that the schema version matches the release?
Thanks in advance!
.NET 4 | Visual Studio 2010 | MS SQL Server 2008
Are you familiar with Visual Studio Database Edition? It's reason for being is to help you with what you just described. Not only does it allow you to version control your database schema, it allows you to build deployment T-SQL scripts to update a database from one version to another. It has built in schema compare and data compare. I highly recommend it. We use it to version control our database schema and to do deployments. I would never attempt to update database schemas by creating manual scripts anymore.
This used to be a pain in the ass for me. Then I bought this: http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-source-control/
Which, providing your're using a compatible Source-Control solution (such as SVN), you can make changes in one database, commit them, and then update other databases with the same structure.
As Randy mentions, the Database Edition of VS.NET will do this.
I use SQL Delta. It's a third party tool and very well priced for what it does. I've used it for a number of years on extremely large projects (that is the database has hundreds of tables and thousands of stored procedures) and it has never failed us in what it does.
The way I used it is this.
I get it ot produce a blank database
schema as per the development
database.
Move this database over to
the production server
Sync the production database with this database
You can also produce scripts and run the scripts and all of this can be automated.
I'm currently using SQL Server Management Studio.
I have a development database, and access to a live database.
I just want to able to migrate my development tables to the live server.
I'm consulting stack flow first, since I don't want to blow anything up.
If you know what tables you want to migrate and they don't yet exist on the prod server, it's as simple as scripting the table definition, then running the script on the server. If it's more complex than that, I would recommend any number of tools which compare database schemas and automatically generate scripts you can run on the destination server to add/alter/remove what you need. A good freeware one for simple jobs is DBComparer. It's pretty basic. An excellent commercial one are the Sql Tools by Red Gate
We are using SQL Examiner Suite for this, but there are a lot of similar tools.
This is worth a look at - I've used it before and it works well and is very easy: Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&displaylang=en
Which of the Database servers would you people recommend for using in a moderate-to-large scale (will vary from customer to customer) application.
I know MS SQL but since the app will be developed using delphi the .net framework is kind of annoying to deploy aswell. Also how realiable is Interbase.
Thanks in advance.
Since I have been developing in Firebird for several years now, if I were in your situation, I would look no further. The fact that you can develop your own extension library (udf library) in Delphi makes it very attractive to start with. Some of the new SQL constructs like the List aggregator and Common Table Expressions are icing on the cake. Deployment is very light (under 5 MB), and the support is excellent including incredible tools like IBExpert. I used MS SQL Server in a big company I worked at a few years ago and I would choose Firebird over MS SQL Server.
Data Access to SQL Server has nothing to do with the .NET framework. Delphi can connect just fine to SQL Server.
In terms of database engines that work with delphi, another you can consider is the Sybase Advantage Database server
Interbase is as reliable as they come. In fact, I'd like to get a job as an Interbase DBA, because I could uses the sleep.
I would definitely recommend looking at Interbase by Embarcadero or the open-source sibling, Firebird. Both are very well supported by Delphi by means of native, high-performance db-access components and such.
Interbase is a totally rock-solid database - I would put it on a par with SQL Server or Oracle. It's totally capable of handling medium to high traffic for at least 50-100 users concurrently, no problem at all.
Another two worth competitor would be Elevate DB and Nexus DB. Both grew out of Delphi file-based database systems, and both have been around for quite some time (in one form or another) and are well proven, widely used, well tested.
Marc
This seems back-to-front to me. I would choose the database server first, then select the development environment that works best with the selected database.
SQL Server. For 2005, you can make your own SQL Server deployment application that automates installing of Windows Installer 3.1, .NET Framework 2.0, SQL Server 2005 then installing the database through generatated SQL script (Feel free to contact me if you need help with it, I'd gladly help you). If you still insist on not installing .Net framework which is 22MB, I'd say go with SQL Server 2000 as you can still upgrade it to 2005+ when you'd like to.
Also, I had been using Advantage Database Server for few years and it's alright, Few DLLs to copy and you're ready to go even if you'd like to switch to remote version.
Both Server and Client installations of MS SQL require the .NET framework on the target machine. That's about it. If we can use ms sql without .net on target machine then ms sql is fine.
I have being developing in Delphi for about 6 years using distinct editions of SQL Server, and this database server behaved very very well. All of them were critical applications.
So, I would recommend you to keep with it.If you don't want to use .NET with and keep SQL Server I would recommend an older version pre-2005.
This isn't really an answer, but some things you might like to consider before making your mind up.
What do you mean by moderate-to-large scale? Do you mean by the number of concurrent users or by the amount of data being stored?
Are you going to be supporting the database as well when it's deployed, or might the customer have their own DBAs and want to incorporate it into their infrastructure team's remit?
Do you need to build-in complex features like auditing or granular security that some databases might provide out-of-the-box? Do you need to be able to run an overnight batch process on the database in some controlled manner?
Do you need to be able to have robust high-volume transactional support, or is it more for just using as a sink for reporting data? i.e. is it more OLTP or OLAP?
Are you limited by cost? i.e. does it need to be free/open-source, or can you select paid-for vendor product?
Both Firebird & Interbase are great, but not generally well-received into an "enterprise" environment in my experience unless they're "hands-off" and embedded into the application. MS SQL Server is a "safe-bet" for most systems. There is a cost associated with it but, as you know, it does come with a complete toolset and very good support.
If you do go down the Firebird or Interbase route then do take a look at Jason Wharton's IBObjects library which provides a high-performance replacement for BDE when using these databases. http://www.ibobjects.com/