Discussion of the issues involved in changing database schemas and data.

1. Elegant database
modifications
Edmund von der Burg
evdb@ecclestoad.co.uk

2. Database changes are hard
We need to make them all the time
Let's make them easy

3. Disclaimer
The opinions presented in this talk are those of
the presenter only. They are based on his limited
experience. There are no absolutes in this talk.
Your own experiences may differ.
Please interrupt with questions,
corrections and suggestions.

4. For far too long we have been throwing
SQL scripts at standalone binary clients,
it's about time we had some way to
throw them at the DBI instead.
Adam Kennedy - SQL::Script

5. Problems

6. The database is at the
bottom of the stack