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Multiple Deployment Processes
Season 12 · Episode 27

Multiple Deployment Processes

Voice of the DBA

March 13, 20263m 6s

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Show Notes

We had a Simple Talks podcast recently where we discussed roll forward vs roll back. You can watch the episode and listen to our thoughts, but one interesting place was when we talked about deployments. Grant mentioned that he deployed from version control/source control at a previous employer. I asked him whether he did that for every system.

His response: "Well, ..."

He admitted that most, but not all, databases came from a controlled source. There were some systems that had a more ad hoc change process. I wonder how many of you have consistent processes throughout your organization. I suspect not many of you do, especially if an organization isn't small. Often, different groups and applications are in a constant state of flux, with lots of different processes and protocols.

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