On Monday 28 February 2011 20:31:22 Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Feb 28, 2011, at 13:27, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > I am just asked if it is possible to put the changes of MySQL > > databases in svn. I could of-course export the table definitions and > > store those in svn. I was just wondering if there is a better way? > > If you're looking for something automated, that's probably a pretty > complicated topic. > > Whenever I change my MySQL database, I do then manually run a script that > saves the schema to a file, then I commit that file to my Subversion > repository. I try to limit myself to one database change at a time, so > that I can write reasonable commit messages.
I am wondering the same thing, how to automate database backup. There is a tool in Linux for automatic database backup, but it seems quite buggy. I have been able to backup my databases using a bash script and a pre commit hook could be the next thing to do, but still no automation there. regards -- Bogdan Cristea http://cristeab.googlepages.com
