On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 01:26:18AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: } On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 01:39:29PM -0500, Tong wrote: } > I'm looking for such a tool (Database Comparer). Any suggestions? } } I wrote something in perl that does this, it's called "dbischema". It } can get the database schema from an existing database, save it in an xml } file, and update a database to match the xml file. It works on mysql, } msql and postgresql, and it's possible to write more modules to make it } work with other DBMSs. } } It's quite powerful, and has been used to support a large company for } quite a while. } } This program is theoretically owned by a company I used to work for, but } they're open-source friendly and I don't think they'd mind if you use it. } I can check if you like, they would probably let me open-source it. } } I even have a Debian package :) [...] } let me know if you'd like to have a copy of it.
This looks like it would be exceedingly useful to a lot of people. I would recommend finding a Debian developer to sponsor you (if you aren't one yourself) and making it available to the Debian community. Assuming you can get permission, of course. } Sam --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
