September meeting in < 2 weeks

When: 7-9pm Thu Sep 20, 2012
Where: Iovation
Who: David Wheeler
What: Sqitch

SQL change management is hard. Most “migration”-style implementations
require opaque naming conventions, prefer DSLs that cover a fraction
of SQL, and require duplication of code for simple changes to existing
functions. Such does not have to be. And now it’s not

Introducing Sqitch, simple SQL change management that doesn’t suck.
Sqitch doesn’t care what programming language your app is written in.
It has no opinions as to what database to use or what its schema
should look like. And it doesn’t require sequentially-named migration
scripts or the use of any DSL other than SQL. Sqitch lets you to write
SQL migration scripts thar target your database, and provides a
simple, unintrusive interface for specifying dependencies, so that it
can run things in the proper order.

So come to this talk to learn all about Sqitch: How it works, where to
get it, and how to get the most out of managing database deployments.

David Wheeler is Senior Data Architect at iovation and an associate at
PGExperts. He is responsible, among other things, for PGXN
(http://pgxn.org/), pgTAP (http://pgtap.org/), and DesignScene
(http://www.designsceneapp.com/). He lives in Portland unless he's
traveling with his family.

Our meeting will be held at Iovation, on the 32nd floor of the US
Bancorp Tower at 111 SW 5th (5th & Oak). It's right on the Green &
Yellow Max lines. Underground bike parking is available in the
parking garage; outdoors all around the block in the usual spots. No
bikes in the office, sorry!

Building security will close access to the floor at 7:30.

After-meeting beer location TBD. See you there!