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ferventcoder edited this page Oct 5, 2011 · 14 revisions

RoundhousE Modes

RoundhousE has three modes

  • Normal
  • DropCreate
  • RestoreRun

During initial development, it is suggested you use DropCreate mode. That means you execute a drop of a database and recreate it every time. This is suggested because you are working on the same script and making changes to it as you go, therefore you want that script to be able to change and RH is a migrator that by default does not allow you to change a script once it is run.

When you go to your integration point where you can no longer drop and create a database, you run RoundhousE in Normal mode. This means you are just applying new scripts (and the first time you are creating a database as well).

Once you have gone to production, you switch from DropCreate to Restore mode if your database is small enough. If not, you can continue with the idea a maintenance mode by switching to a new script name that you are making changes to.

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