Database Version Control

Hey, guys.
I work in a company that sells an application based in a Oracle Database.
We have new database versions every trimester, so we have scripts that create and drop objects in the database for each version.
The problem is: for each customer, we have to execute the scripts and check wether the commands were correctly executed.
So, we were thinking about the solutions to have less work on databases upgrades.
One of these solutions is: tools that can help us on controlling the version of the database and the execution of the scripts, and maybe perform a rollback if some command generate an error. But I didn't find a tool like it.
Do you guys know something to help me? Or maybe another solution.
Thank you very much!

Hi,
The scenario you have is very common among my customers.
I work in dbMaestro which we develop the leading DCM (Database Change Management) solution.
DCM consists of two major parts:
1. Database Version Control - in order for having a real database version control, you need a Change Policy which force the developers or DBAs to perform Check-Out & Check-In for each change.
2. Deployment - this module must be integrated with the Database Version Control to generate the correct database deploy script.
You are welcome to read more on dbMaestro TeamWork and read what some of our customers say on us.
I'll be happy to present you our solution

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Is there a version control feature available in Oracle v9.x ???
I am trying to implement version control on PL/SQL programs(Packages/Functions/Procedures). I should be able to rollback to old version and keep the system running if the latest ones failed. This should be done automatically without bringing the database down or recompiling the PL/SQL programs and also users do not need to reconnect(users might be caught in a LOCK and might get their sessions killed by DBA...)
Ex: I have heard that in .NET, u can have more than one version of a DLL and have only one version active. If we want to go back to the old version of the DLL, u don't need to recompile the DLL to make it active. I am looking something similar to this....
I have thought of several ways like creating a small repository table for my PL/SQL programs and store the PL/SQL code in the repository and based on the situation, compile only that program (which might be a OLD or a NEW version) and so forth... But this does not satisfy the requirement of rolling back to the old version without recompiling.(RENAMING a PL/SQL program feature doesn't seem to be implemented yet...)
I don't want to use Designer just for this purpose...
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Thanks,
Purush

Are you dealing with code that's being called remotely (i.e. via a database link)?
No
I'd be concerned about the concept of rolling back code changes in production on a regular basis-- that would seem to indicate problems that ought to be addressed in development and QA. Rolling back code in production seems like it ought to be a rather painful process, if only because it indicates a massive failure elsewhere.
This is not on a regular basis at all. Our Database applications are tied with lots of programs which directly control the robots and machines. Certain machines and robots needs to be working all the time and any downtime will cost time and money. To make sure that the implementation goes into production smoothly(without shutting down machines and robots) and then into maintainance mode, we are looking for some kind of source control to control the implementation and make sure to revert back (without shutting down machines and robots) if there are major issues.(There are certain things here which cannot be tested outside of a shop floor due to the physical and other constraints.)
I have thought of otherways like a compile flag (in the DB.. Ex: a packaged variable) to set before compiling and reset after compiling. The programs on the shopfloor will always read this flag and check buffer(time taken to do this will have to be considered) before calling a DB txns and if the flag is set, buffer the txns and and move on to the next task the machine should do. The next time it call a txn. if the flag is reset, it checks the buffer and if buffer exists, execute the buffer txns first.. and then proceed to actual txn. The things that bothers me is time taken to compile the huge package and the no. of txns getting buffered and the overall txn time.
I am trying to come up with some kind of solution for this issue if possible.....
Thanks,
Purush

"version control" for Oracle database?

Hi,
My work involves loading data from csv files into database tables. The data structure is different in the csv files than that in the tables, so the loading is not straight forward and I often make mistakes along the way. I would like to know what the best practice is for undoing mistakes and rolling back to meaningful point back in time. To make this more concrete, consider the following scenario.
10:00AM I start loading some data into the database. I create two external tables for my csv files.
10:30AM I create a PL/SQL script to insert the data from the external tables to the target tables.
10:35AM I run the PL/SQL script and commit the change.
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Version control for databases, schemas, objects

Dear All,
I'm looking for a designer tool with version control abilities. I don't need to have many types of models, if it's able to do ER and version control, plus it has a command line interface then it's fine. (I need to automate everything, so installing schemas with one click or with one command shouldn't be a problem.) The funny thing is that I've already built such environments with SVN and VSS, but now I need a reliable product with such features. (I don't like Designer, so that one is out of scope.) One more thing: it has to be able to store parameters of objects for example: PCTFREE, PCTUSED, TABLESPACE, etc.
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Franky

Released in April 2008, Oracle SQL Developer 1.5 is the "Version Control" release, as it includes integration with open source version control products, CVS and Subversion.Supporting the version control is a File Browser to browse and read files stored in the file system. You can open and edit these files from within SQL Developer.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/files/what_is_sqldev15.html

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[10:42:54]: Info:
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[10:42:54]: Info:
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[10:42:54]: Debug:
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[10:42:54]: Debug:
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[10:42:54]: Info:
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[10:42:54]: Info:
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[10:42:54]: Info:
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[10:42:54]: Always:
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[10:42:54]: Info:
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[10:42:54]: Info:
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We are trying to utilize the Oracle 10g R2 feature that allows user-defined metadata to be attached to XML DB resources. However, we are encountering errors when we try to append/attach metadata to a version-controlled resource (VCR). The following steps were followed:
1. Register a new schema to be used for metadata (XMLSCHEMA.registerSchema).
2. Add a new resource to to the XML DB and make it version controlled (DBMS_XDB.createResource and DBMS_XDB_VERSION.makeVersioned).
3. Checkout the newly created version-controlled resource (DBMS_XDB_VERSION.checkout)
4. Add metadata to the version-controlled resource (DBMS_XDB.appendResourceMetadata)
However, after step 4, the errors shown below are encountered:
========================================================
begin
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [qmxStrCopy: INLOB 2], [], [], [],
ORA-06512: at "XDB.DBMS_XDB", line 890
ORA-06512: at line 2
========================================================
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Thanks,
Steve

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QL> spool testcase.log
SQL> --
SQL> connect &1/&2
Connected.
SQL> --
SQL> var schemaURL varchar2(256)
SQL> var schemaPath varchar2(256)
SQL> var resourcePath varchar2(256)
SQL> --
SQL> begin
2    :schemaURL := 'metadata.xsd';
3    :schemaPath := '/public/metadata.xsd';
4    :resourcePath := '/public/metadataTest.txt';
5 end;
6 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> call dbms_xmlSchema.deleteSchema(:schemaURL,4)
2 /
Call completed.
SQL> declare
2    res boolean;
3    xmlSchema xmlType := xmlType(
4 '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
5 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xdb="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" xdb:storeVarrayAsTable="true">
6          <xs:element name="root" type="rootType" xdb:defaultTable="METADATA_TABLE"/>
7          <xs:complexType name="rootType" xdb:SQLType="METADATA_ROOT_T">
8                  <xs:sequence>
9                          <xs:element name="child" type="childType"/>
10                  </xs:sequence>
11          </xs:complexType>
12          <xs:complexType name="childType" xdb:SQLType="METADATA_CHILD_T">
13                                  <xs:sequence>
14                                          <xs:element name="Child1" type="xs:string"/>
15                                          <xs:element name="Child2" type="xs:string"/>
16                                  </xs:sequence>
17          </xs:complexType>
18 </xs:schema>
19 ');
20 begin
21    if (dbms_xdb.existsResource(:schemaPath)) then
22      dbms_xdb.deleteResource(:schemaPath);
23    end if;
24    res := dbms_xdb.createResource(:schemaPath,xmlSchema);
25 end;
26 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> begin
2    dbms_xmlschema.registerSchema
3    (
4      :schemaURL,
5      xdbURIType(:schemaPath).getClob(),
6      TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,
7      enableHierarchy=>DBMS_XMLSCHEMA.ENABLE_HIERARCHY_RESMETADATA
8    );
9 end;
10 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> declare
2    res boolean;
3 begin
4    if dbms_xdb.existsResource(:resourcePath) then
5      dbms_xdb.deleteResource(:resourcePath,4);
6    end if;
7    res := dbms_xdb.createResource(:resourcePath,'Mary Had a Little Lamb');
8 end;
9 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> commit
2 /
Commit complete.
SQL> select xdbUriType(:resourcePath).getClob()
2 from dual
3 /
XDBURITYPE(:RESOURCEPATH).GETCLOB()
Mary Had a Little Lamb
SQL> declare
2    resid raw(16);
3 begin
4    resid := dbms_xdb_version.makeVersioned(:resourcePath);
5 end;
6 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> commit
2 /
Commit complete.
SQL> begin
2    dbms_xdb_version.checkout(:resourcePath);
3 end;
4 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> commit
2 /
Commit complete.
SQL> set long 10000 pages 0 lines 150
SQL> --
SQL> select r.res.getClobVal()
2    from resource_view r
3   where equals_path(res,:resourcePath) = 1
4 /
<Resource xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/XDBResource.xsd" Hidden="false" Inv
alid="false" VersionID="1" ActivityID="0" Container="false" CustomRslv="false" V
ersionHistory="false" StickyRef="true">
<CreationDate>2006-06-10T05:01:25.355009</CreationDate>
<ModificationDate>2006-06-10T05:01:25.355009</ModificationDate>
<DisplayName>metadataTest.txt</DisplayName>
<Language>en-US</Language>
<CharacterSet>UTF-8</CharacterSet>
<ContentType>text/plain</ContentType>
<RefCount>1</RefCount>
<ACL>
    <acl description="Public:All privileges to PUBLIC" xmlns="http://xmlns.oracl
e.com/xdb/acl.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:sch
emaLocation="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/acl.xsd                           http:
//xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/acl.xsd">
      <ace>
        <grant>true</grant>
        <principal>PUBLIC</principal>
        <privilege>
          <all/>
        </privilege>
      </ace>
    </acl>
</ACL>
<Owner>SCOTT</Owner>
<Creator>SCOTT</Creator>
<LastModifier>SCOTT</LastModifier>
<SchemaElement>http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/XDBSchema.xsd#binary</SchemaElement
>
<Contents>
    <text>Mary Had a Little Lamb</text>
</Contents>
<VCRUID>15DE79F263F7CC00E040578C2A0656F8</VCRUID>
</Resource>
SQL> begin
2    dbms_xdb.appendResourceMetadata(:resourcePath,xmltype(
3 '<root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
4         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="metadata.xsd">
5      <child>
6        <Child1>AAA</Child1>
7        <Child2>BBB</Child2>
8      </child>
9 </root>'));
10 end;
11 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> commit
2 /
Commit complete.
SQL> select r.res.getClobVal()
2    from resource_view r
3   where equals_path(res,:resourcePath) = 1
4 /
<Resource xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/XDBResource.xsd" Hidden="false" Inv
alid="false" VersionID="0" ActivityID="0" Container="false" CustomRslv="false" V
ersionHistory="false" StickyRef="true">
<CreationDate>2006-06-10T05:01:25.355009</CreationDate>
<ModificationDate>2006-06-10T05:01:25.558913</ModificationDate>
<DisplayName>metadataTest.txt</DisplayName>
<Language>en-US</Language>
<CharacterSet>UTF-8</CharacterSet>
<ContentType>text/plain</ContentType>
<RefCount>1</RefCount>
<ACL>
    <acl description="Public:All privileges to PUBLIC" xmlns="http://xmlns.oracl
e.com/xdb/acl.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:sch
emaLocation="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/acl.xsd                           http:
//xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/acl.xsd">
      <ace>
        <grant>true</grant>
        <principal>PUBLIC</principal>
        <privilege>
          <all/>
        </privilege>
      </ace>
    </acl>
</ACL>
<Owner>SCOTT</Owner>
<Creator>SCOTT</Creator>
<LastModifier>SCOTT</LastModifier>
<SchemaElement>http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/XDBSchema.xsd#text</SchemaElement>
<Contents>
    <text>Mary Had a Little Lamb</text>
</Contents>
<VCRUID>15DE79F263F7CC00E040578C2A0656F8</VCRUID>
<Parents>15DE79F263F8CC00E040578C2A0656F8</Parents>
<root xmlns="" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNam
espaceSchemaLocation="metadata.xsd">
    <child>
      <Child1>AAA</Child1>
      <Child2>BBB</Child2>
    </child>
</root>
</Resource>
SQL> quit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.0.0 - Alpha
With the Partitioning and Data Mining options
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Best practice for version control

Hi.
I'm setting up a file share, and want some sort of version control on the file share. What's the best practice method for this sort of thing?
I'm coming at this as a subversion server administrator, and in subversion people keep their own copy of everything, and occasionally "commit" their changes, and the server keeps every "committed" version of every file.
I liked subversion because: 1) users have their own copy, if they are away from the office or make a big oops mistake, it doesn't ever hit the server, and 2) you can lock a file to avoid conflicts, and 3) if you don't lock the file and a conflict (two simultaneous edits) occur, it has systems for dealing with conflicts.
I didn't like subversion because it adds a level of complexity to things -- and many people ended up with critical files that should be shared on their own hard drives. So now I'm setting up a fileshare for them, which they will use in addition to the subversion repository.
I guess I realize that I'll never get full subversion-like functionality in a file share. But through a system of permissions, incremental backups and mirroring (rsync, second-copy for windows users) I should be able to allow a) local copies on user's hard drives, b) control for conflicts (locking, conflict identification), and keeping old versions of things.
I wonder if anyone has any suggestions about how to best setup a file share in a system where many people might want to edit the same file, with remote users needing to take copies of directories along with them on the road, and where the admin wants to keep revisions of things?
Links to articles or books are welcome. Thanks.

Subversion works great for code. Sort-of-ok for documents. Not so great for large data files.
I'm now looking at using the wiki for project-level documentation. We've done that before quite successfully, and the wiki I was using (mediawiki) provides version history of pages and uploaded files, and stores the uploaded files in the file system.
Which would leave just the large data files and some working files on the fileshare. Is there any way people can lock a file on the fileshare, to indicate to others that they are working on it and others shouldn't be modifying it? Is there a way to use unix permissions (user-group-other) permissions, "chmod oa-w" to lock a file and indicate that one is working on it?
I also looked at Alfresco, which provides a CIFS (windows SMB) view of data files. I liked it in principle, but the files are all stored in a database, not in the file system, which makes me uneasy about backups. (Sure, subversion also stores stuff in a database, not a file system, but everyone has a copy of everything so I only lose sleep about backups regarding version history, not backups on the most recent file version.)
John Abraham
[email protected]

New to JDeveloper/ADF, need to create a UI Mockup for a Version Control app

Hi,
I have experience with Java/J2EE, however I'm new to both JDeveloper and ADF and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction with what I'm trying to accomplish/start. We are working on a new application for a client and to kick start things I need to come up with a User Interface Mockup of a Version Control system we're going to create. It should be nothing fancy, and not very functional (for the time being) but should use some dummy data (preferably from a text file - just for demo purposes), be a one-page layout, and use Oracle ADF components (folder tree, datagrid, data view, xml view to be specific). Of course, it is requested that this all be done using JDeveloper/Oracle ADF. I was able to install both of these (it seems ADF is bundled with JDev), however that's about as far as I got. What steps do I need to take in order to come up with something simple like this? When I loaded up JDeveloper there are alot of options when creating a new project and I'm not sure what to choose. ANY help would be appreciated.

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for.
However, I'm having some trouble figuring out how to set up my Data Controls for the dummy data. I'd basically like to set up the entire page as follows:
A column on the left that displays a tree as follows:
Folder 1
     ...File 1
     ...File 2
     ...File 3
Folder 2
     ...File 1
     ...File 2
Folder 3
     ...File 1
     ...File 3
     ...File 4
     ...File 5
..etc
The right side of the screen will have 3 "columns" or borders that will take up the entire screen, from top to bottom:
List of Versions (large column)
Version Data (smallest column)
Version Text (large column)
List of Versions:
When the user selects a "File" from the tree, a datagrid will appear that displays all versions of the selected file with columns like "File Name", "Version", "Date", and a checkbox to select a row.
Version Data:
When the user selects a row using the checkbox, some relevant version info will display here. This info will come from the database when the final version of the app is written using various fields from the "Files" tables
Version Text:
When the user selects a row using the checkbox, some relevant version CODE (possible to display code neatly?) will display here. This info will come from the database when the final version of the app is written using a field from the Files table that has not been seen yet
How would I go about setting something like this up? Using the sample you provided earlier, the example just has main categories on the left. I'm confused how to set up a fell fledged tree and then to incorporate the functionality I described above.
ANY help would be appreciated.

Version control for FH files

For the last 2 years I've been using a subversion system that
works very well with FH files. It does basicly the same as
VersionCue but works with a lot of file formats (not Flash 8 btw)
My setup is like this:
- File server at my home studio (just a win machine with RAID
5 disks and mapped network drives shared on my home network)
running Win XP Pro (backup done every 24h)
- a workstation running TortoiseSVN on Win XP Pro (it becomes
a shell extension in Explorer)
my simple system:
- I create a version repository in my project folder on the
server
- I check out a working copy of the file(s) I want to work
with to a local folder or a dedicated disk partition as I do
Whenever I save my changes I commit these changes to the
repository with a text comment
Icon overlays tells me the status for each file and folder
under version control
Whenever I get a file corruption (it happens with FH files) I
just check out a fresh working copy from that last commited
version. You can of course revert to any previous version at any
time or create branches out from one main design.
The best thing is that I'm able to review my change log
without opening a lot of files and revert to previous designs
without keeping a lot of different files, and of course being able
to resolve problems with corrupted FH files with minimal loss.
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

I started version control on 01/14/2014.
As you can see below I modified several topics. When I opened the RSC database and did a history on any modified Topic from 01/14/2014 to a date in the future, it always said there was no difference. In the past it always showed there was a difference and what the difference was.
I have started and stop version control several times hoping that would resolve the problem. Right now I am not using version Control.
I will start version control again.
Richard Wright
Functional Area Expert II
Systems Made Simple (SMS)
1615 Woodward Street
Austin, TX 78772
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(512) 326-6610
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How to add Stored Procedures to Version Control

My system mainly relies on stored procedures and I recently noticed I don’t have the version control for my database.
So, my question is: How can I add stored procedures to version control?

Once you have a database in a SQL Server Database Project, integrating to Source control is the same as any Visual Studio project. First you configure Visual Studio to use TFS for Version Control:
Then you can configure a workspace connected to a TFS server and add your projects to source control.
See, eg
Walkthrough: Exploring Team Foundation Version Control
David
David http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dbrowne/

Opening Project First Time from Version Control. RoboSource Node

Four writers have upgraded successfully. My fifth is having issues...
She has Serena Dimensions SCC installed as well (another source control product - used by Applications, not the authors or Infra.
Problem: When she is establishing the root path (and the Browse RoboSource Node window opens, but it does not populate, even after 20 minutes. Reboot did not work, neither did manually removing Serena Dimensions SCC. I have verified that she has a connection to the database (via RSC Explorer) and can see the project (as well as the RH7 version of the project). We have
These are the instructions... (screenshots not included). She's hanging up on
1.1    Using a New Project for the First Time
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The author must have local administrator rights on the machine. If the user has a privileged account, they must set up full local control of their work folder (specified in 1.1.2.8).
1.1.1    Install RoboHelp and RoboSource Control
1.    Download appropriate software packages, including all patches, from Adobe.
2.    Launch RoboHelp Installer. Select the following options for installation:
o   RoboHelp for HTML
o   RoboSource Control (Client)
o   CS4 Script Extender
INSTALLATION NOTES
Installation of each component is separate and may take up to 30 minutes. You do not have to install RoboHelp for Word.
Only select the Client Install for RoboSource Control.
3.    Install all patches in the order specified by the vendor. Check with the technical communicator on which version is currently in use for patching.
1.1.2    Open the Project
1.    Launch RoboSource Control.
2.    Establish a database connection per section 3.3.1.
3.    Close RoboSource Control.
4.    Launch RoboHelp 8 for HTML.
5.    Click Open under Recent Projects under the main frame (do not use title bars).
6.    Click the Open Project from version control button (shown below).
7.    Make sure that RoboSource Control 3.1 is highlighted as the Version Control Provider and the checkbox for “Make this my default selection” is checked. Click OK.
8.    Configure the Source Control system as follows:
Connection: PROD
Root Path: Click the … button and navigate to the (project name) root in the database and click OK. This may take several minutes.
Connection Mode: Online
Get to Local Path: Click the … button and navigate to your Data folder. Select Make New Folder under Data and give the folder a unique name to help you identify the files as for the Support KB in RoboHelp.
9.    Click OK when you have configured source control. A copy of the database is now being downloaded to the path you specified. This may take up to 20 minutes.
You can verify that installation is proceeding either by watching your local path fill with files or keeping an eye on the CPU usage of the RSO3MiddleTierService and RoboHelpHTML files under Task Manager.
10. Once transfer is complete, highlight Tier1KB.xpj and click Open. It may take several minutes to open the project the first time. It is typical for the snippet file to check out the first time you open the project and the first time each day that you save all project files.
11. Once the project is open, set Version Control properties:
a.         Select Tools > Options.
b.         On the Version Control tab, select all options. This will prompt the user on each version control action they take.
12. Test a check out/check in to validate correct installation and source control operation.

It's the settings in miscproperties in the XPJ and it works in TFS just fine. I'ts as follows:
<miscproperties>
<matchedpair>
<name>vc::provider</name>
<value>Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider</value>
</matchedpair>
<matchedpair>
<name>vc::agent</name>
<value>MSSCC</value>
</matchedpair>
<matchedpair>
<name>vc::database</name>
<value>http://ap-gda113-tfs-a:8080/tfs/centric|NB-WWEELDEN|ITS\Wweelden</value> <- Add the TFS URL, your workspace name and your domain name.
</matchedpair>
<matchedpair>
<name>vc::cookie</name>
<value>$/BV - MVV/Main/Tools/Documentatie/mvv-beheerders</value> <- The location of the project in TFS.
</matchedpair>
</miscproperties>

Development backup and version control questions

Two question I want to ask as an Oracle XE beginner:
1.How to backup my work (database objects and application pages) each day?
2.What is the best practice for version control for the Oracle XE development projects? Does anyone use CVS?
Thank you.

Two question I want to ask as an Oracle XE beginner:
1.How to backup my work (database objects and
application pages) each day?Take a look at the backup script in the product directory.
C.

OWB Change Management/Version Control Best Practice

Hi
I am about to start developing a data warehouse using OWB 10g R2, and I've been doing quite a lot of research into the various deployment/change management/version control techniques that can be used, but am still unsure which is the best to use.
We will have 2-3 developers working on the project, and will be deploying from Development, to Test, to Production (each will have a separate repository). We want to be able to easily identify changes made between 1 release and the next to have a greater degree of control and awareness of what goes into each release. We also wish to use a source control system to track changes (we'll probably use SVN, but I don't think that the actual SCS tool makes a big difference to our decision at this point).
The options available (that I'm aware of), are:
1. Full MDL export/import.
2. Snapshot MDL export/import.
3. Manual coding of everything using OMB Plus.
I am loath to use the full MDL export/import functionality since it will be difficult, if not impossible, to identify easily the changes made between 1 release and the next.
The snapshot MDL export/import functionality is a little better at comparing releases, but it's still difficult to see exactly what has changed between 1 version and the next - particularly when a change to a transformation has been made. It also doesn't cope that well with tracking individually made changes to different components of the model.
The manual coding using OMB Plus seems like the best option at the moment, though I keep thinking "What's the point of using a GUI tool, if I'm just going to code everything in scripts anyway?".
I know that you can create OMB Plus code generation scripts to create your 'creation' scripts, but the code generation of the Alteration scripts seems that it would be more complicated than just writing the Alteration scripts manually.
Any thoughts anyone out there has would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Liffey

Well, you can also do per-object MDL exports and then manage those in your version control system. With a proper directory structure it would be fairly simple to code an OMB+ Script that scans a release directory tree and imports the objects one by one. I have done this before, although if you are using OWB as the primary metadata location for database objects then you have to come up with some way to manage object dependency order issues.
The nice thing about this sort of system is that a patch can be easily shipped with only those objects that need to be updated.
And if you force developers to put object-level MDL into your version control system then your system should also have pretty reporting on what objects were changed for a release and why.
At my current job we do full exports of the project MDL and have a deployment script that drops the pre-existing deployed version of the project before importing and deploying the new version, which also works quite well - although as you note the tracking of what has changed in a release then needs to be carefully managed elsewhere. But we don't deploy any of our physical database objects through OWB. Those are deployed from Designer, and our patch script applies all physical changes first before we replace the mappings from the OWB project. We don't even bother synching the project metadata for tables / views / etc. at deployment. If the OWB project's metadata for database objects is not in sync with Designer, then we wind up with deployment errors. But on the whole it works pretty well.

Version Control with DB

I wonder if some version control like SourceJammer, Prowler can be used along with some relational database in Java Application.
I am looking a requirement where along some relational data, I need to store some xml data as well and plan to use LOB feature of Database as most of the database are XML enabled. But I also need to display version history of those and get appropriate version and diff between version i.e. standard version control features along with check-in, check out. Open source solution is required.
At present, it is something like
Java Application -> O-R Mapper -> DB
Now needed some thing like:
Java Application -> O-R Mapper (should be here or before DB?) -> Version Control -> DB
Any thoughts, pointers/directions will be useful.
Thanks in advance.

Doyou want version control of the scripts that you use to create databases, or do you want version control of the objects in your database.
The former was descibed by another poster (i.e., wincvs). Alternatively, your data modeling tool should provide that type of service. For example, if you are using Oracle Designer then your data models can be versioned.
The latter type of versioning is supported by Oracle workspace manager and the new 10.2 releases of Oracle Content DB and Oracle Records DB. There's also versioned tablespaces in 10g.
-Mark
http://www.remidata.com/book_nuts2soup.htm

ORA-15204: database version 11.1.0.0.0 is incompatible with diskgroup DG_FR

I havre a 2 node cluster ...just installeled using ASM.....Database and ASM version is 11.1.0.7.0 on
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Carthage) 2.6.18 128.4.1.0.1.el5 (64-bit)
Getting this error any idea ...COMPATIBLE is 11.1.0.0.0
ARCH: Archival stopped, error occurred. Will continue retrying
ORACLE Instance IDMPROD2 - Archival Error
ORA-16038: log 4 sequence# 4 cannot be archived
ORA-00254: error in archive control string ''
ORA-00312: online log 4 thread 2: '+DG_REDO/idmprod/onlinelog/group_4.260.695076357'
ORA-15001: diskgroup "DG_FRA" does not exist or is not mounted
ORA-15204: database version 11.1.0.0.0 is incompatible with diskgroup DG_FRA
Errors in file /ora00/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/idmprod/IDMPROD2/trace/IDMPROD2_arc3_31883.trc:
ORA-16038: log 4 sequence# 4 cannot be archived
ORA-00254: error in archive control string ''
ORA-00312: online log 4 thread 2: '+DG_REDO/idmprod/onlinelog/group_4.260.695076357'
ORA-15001: diskgroup "DG_FRA" does not exist or is not mounted
ORA-15204: database version 11.1.0.0.0 is incompatible with diskgroup DG_FRA
Mon Aug 17 00:07:05 2009
ARCH: Archival stopped, error occurred. Will continue retrying

Hi,
ORA-15204: database version string is incompatible with diskgroup string
Cause: The database compatibility of the diskgroup was advanced to a later version.
Action: Upgrade the database instance to appropriate version of ORACLE.
REgards,
Tom

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