DBIx::Changeset - Discrete management for database changes.
You probably want to use dbix_changeset.pl from the command line.
dbix_changeset.pl --help
DBIx::Changeset provides an application to aid with the distrubution and application of database schemas and schema data as incremental updates. A Changeset is a discrete chunk of sql stored in a file with a unique id. DBIx::Changeset will compare a list of changesets against a table of applied changesets and apply the differences using the target databases native sql insertion tool in order. This greatly aids the distrubted development of a database application.
User A creates a schema change in his development environment and applies it. Alls good so he checks in the changeset file. User B does a checkout on his development environment and runs the changeset update which notices User A's changeset and applies it. User B's development database is now the same as User A's. The database schema/schema data is in sync with the code logic.
DBIx::Changeset does not include an undo feature as it is dealing with schema changes this could cause data loss so is actually an update.
DBIx::Changeset uses a table to store the history of which changesets have been applied, while this is normally in the target database in can be set to another location.
DBIx::Changeset Currently supports MySQL,Postgres and SQLlite, but should be easy to port to other databases.
DBIx::Changeset requires a table to store the history of applied changesets. Changeset will add this table for you with the bootstrap command. It requires several options:
--history_db_dsn DBI DSN for the history db --history_db_user db user for history db --history_db_password db password for the history db user
To create a new empty changeset file from the given template use the create command. It has several required options:
--location Path to changeset files --template Path to changeset template
The location is the path were the changeset files are stored and the template is a the path to a file that is used as the template. There are a couple of optional parameters:
--edit Call editor --editor Path to Editor
This loads the created delta up in the choses editor.
--vcs Add to version control --vcsadd Command to add to version control
These add the created delta file to your vcs using the command given by the vcsadd option.
To compare a database to a set of changeset files, you use the compare command. It has a few required options:
--location Path to changeset files --history_db_dsn DBI DSN for the history db --history_db_user db user for history ddb --history_db_password db password for the history db user There are also a couple of other useful options: --type Which factory to use (default disk) --like only types matching regex
--location Path to changeset files --type Which factory to use (default disk) --loader Which loader factory to use (default mysql) --like only types matching regex --history_db_dsn DBI DSN for the history db --history_db_user db user for history db --history_db_password db password for the history db user --db_name db name for update db --db_host db host for update db --db_user db user for update db --db_password db password for the update db user
Please report any bugs or feature requests via the CPAN bug tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Queue=DBIx-Changeset
Mike Bissett, Stephen Steneker, Paul Puse <paran01d@gmail.com>
<paran01d@gmail.com>
Thank you to Grox (http://grox.com.au/) for permitting the open sourcing and release of this distribution.
Copyright 2004-2008 Grox Pty Ltd.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
To install DBIx::Changeset, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm DBIx::Changeset
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DBIx::Changeset
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.