DATABASE VERSION CONTROL - A Software Configuration Management Approach to Database Version Control

Stephen Mc Kearney, Konstantina Lepinioti

2008

Abstract

This paper introduces a database configuration management tool, called DBVersion, that provides database developers with many of the benefits of source code control systems and integrates with software configuration tools such as Subversion. While there has been a lot of research in software configuration management and source code control, little of the work has investigated database configuration issues. DBVersion’s main contribution is to allow database developers to use working practices such as version control, branching and concurrent working that have proved successful in traditional software development.

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Mc Kearney S. and Lepinioti K. (2008). DATABASE VERSION CONTROL - A Software Configuration Management Approach to Database Version Control . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-53-1, pages 81-87. DOI: 10.5220/0001889000810087


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@conference{icsoft08,
author={Stephen Mc Kearney and Konstantina Lepinioti},
title={DATABASE VERSION CONTROL - A Software Configuration Management Approach to Database Version Control},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT,},
year={2008},
pages={81-87},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001889000810087},
isbn={978-989-8111-53-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT,
TI - DATABASE VERSION CONTROL - A Software Configuration Management Approach to Database Version Control
SN - 978-989-8111-53-1
AU - Mc Kearney S.
AU - Lepinioti K.
PY - 2008
SP - 81
EP - 87
DO - 10.5220/0001889000810087