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Name
sqitchtutorial-exasol - A tutorial introduction to Sqitch change management on Exasol
Synopsis
sqitch *
Description
This tutorial explains how to create a sqitch-enabled Exasol project, use a VCS for deployment planning,
and work with other developers to make sure changes remain in sync and in the proper order.
We'll start by creating a new project from scratch, a fictional antisocial networking site called Flipr.
All examples use Git <https://git-scm.com/> as the VCS and Exasol <https://www.exasol.com/> as the
storage engine, but for the most part you can substitute other VCSes and database engines in the examples
as appropriate.
If you'd like to manage a PostgreSQL database, see sqitchtutorial.
If you'd like to manage an SQLite database, see sqitchtutorial-sqlite.
If you'd like to manage an Oracle database, see sqitchtutorial-oracle.
If you'd like to manage a MySQL database, see sqitchtutorial-mysql.
If you'd like to manage a Firebird database, see sqitchtutorial-firebird.
If you'd like to manage a Vertica database, see sqitchtutorial-vertica.
If you'd like to manage a Snowflake database, see sqitchtutorial-snowflake.
Connection Configuration
Sqitch requires ODBC to connect to the Exasol database. As such, you'll need to make sure that the Exasol
ODBC driver is properly configured. At its simplest, on Unix-like systems, name the driver "Exasol" by
adding this entry to "odbcinst.ini" (usually found in "/etc", "/usr/etc", or "/usr/local/etc"):
[Exasol]
Description = ODBC for Exasol
Driver = /opt/EXASOL_ODBC-6.0.4/lib/linux/x86_64/libexaodbc-uo2214lv2.so
Note that you'll need to adjust the path depending on the version of the ODBC driver, and where you
installed it.
You might also consider naming your database connection by putting an entry in "~/.odbc.ini", like so
(assuming that Exasol is running on your local host):
[flipr_test]
Driver = Exasol
EXAHOST = 127.0.0.1:8563
EXAUID = sys
EXAPWD = exasol
Putting user and password information here is optional, but probably safer than other available options
as long as the file is protected (mode 0600) so that only you can read it.
Normally, of course, you'd have a separate user per project (and a separate ODBC connection defined); the
above example is taken from the simplified tutorial setup we're using.
See the Exasol downloads <https://www.exasol.com/portal/display/DOWNLOAD/6.0> for ODBC drivers,
documentation, etc.
Database Setup
While installing and configuring an Exasol instance is beyond the scope of this tutorial, if you just
want to follow along, you can start a Docker instance:
> docker run --detach --privileged --stop-timeout 120 -p 127.0.0.1:8563:8888 exasol/docker-db:latest
This will make Exasol available at 127.0.0.1 (localhost) on port 8563, as if you were running it directly
on your machine. You may have to wait for a minute until the database finished initializing; you can try
connecting with `exaplus` to check status.
See the corresponding GitHub repository <https://github.com/EXASOL/docker-db> for more information about
how to run Exasol using Docker, for example if you want your data to persist beyond the lifetime of the
container, etc.
Starting a New Project
Usually the first thing to do when starting a new project is to create a source code repository. So let's
do that with Git:
> mkdir flipr
> cd flipr
> git init .
Initialized empty Git repository in /flipr/.git/
> touch README.md
> git add .
> git commit -am 'Initialize project, add README.'
If you're a Git user and want to follow along the history, the repository used in these examples is on
GitHub <https://github.com/sqitchers/sqitch-exasol-intro>.
Now that we have a repository, let's get started with Sqitch. Every Sqitch project must have a name
associated with it, and, optionally, a unique URI. We recommend including the URI, as it increases the
uniqueness of object identifiers internally, so let's specify one when we initialize Sqitch:
> sqitch init flipr --uri https://github.com/sqitchers/sqitch-exasol-intro/ --engine exasol
Created sqitch.conf
Created sqitch.plan
Created deploy/
Created revert/
Created verify/
Let's have a look at sqitch.conf:
> cat sqitch.conf
[core]
engine = exasol
# plan_file = sqitch.plan
# top_dir = .
# [engine "exasol"]
# target = db:exasol:
# registry = sqitch
# client = exaplus
Good, it picked up on the fact that we're creating changes for the Exasol engine, thanks to the "--engine
exasol" option, and saved it to the file. Furthermore, it wrote a commented-out "[engine "exasol"]"
section with all the available Exasol engine-specific settings commented out and ready to be edited as
appropriate.
By default, Sqitch will read sqitch.conf in the current directory for settings. But it will also read
~/.sqitch/sqitch.conf for user-specific settings. Since Exasol's "exaplus" client is not in the path on
my system, let's go ahead an tell it where to find the client on our computer:
> sqitch config --user engine.exasol.client /opt/EXAplus/exaplus
And let's also tell it who we are, since this data will be used in all of our projects:
> sqitch config --user user.name 'Marge N. OXVera'
> sqitch config --user user.email 'marge@example.com'
Have a look at ~/.sqitch/sqitch.conf and you'll see this:
> cat ~/.sqitch/sqitch.conf
[engine "exasol"]
client = /opt/EXAplus/exaplus
[user]
name = Marge N. OXVera
email = marge@example.com
Which means that Sqitch should be able to find "exaplus" for any project, and that it will always
properly identify us when planning and committing changes.
Back to the repository. Have a look at the plan file, sqitch.plan:
> cat sqitch.plan
%syntax-version=1.0.0
%project=flipr
%uri=https://github.com/sqitchers/sqitch-exasol-intro/
Note that it has picked up on the name and URI of the app we're building. Sqitch uses this data to
manage cross-project dependencies. The "%syntax-version" pragma is always set by Sqitch, so that it
always knows how to parse the plan, even if the format changes in the future.
Let's commit these changes and start creating the database changes.
> git add .
> git commit -am 'Initialize Sqitch configuration.'
[master a42564d] Initialize Sqitch configuration.
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 sqitch.conf
create mode 100644 sqitch.plan
Our First Change
First, our project will need a schema. This creates a nice namespace for all of the objects that will be
part of the flipr app. Run this command:
> sqitch add appschema -n 'Add schema for all flipr objects.'
Created deploy/appschema.sql
Created revert/appschema.sql
Created verify/appschema.sql
Added "appschema" to sqitch.plan
The "add" command adds a database change to the plan and writes deploy, revert, and verify scripts that
represent the change. Now we edit these files. The "deploy" script's job is to create the schema. So we
add this to deploy/appschema.sql:
CREATE SCHEMA flipr;
The "revert" script's job is to precisely revert the change to the deploy script, so we add this to
revert/appschema.sql:
DROP SCHEMA flipr;
Now we can try deploying this change. We tell Sqitch where to send the change via a database URI
<https://github.com/libwww-perl/uri-db/>, assuming the default "sys" user and an ODBC driver named
"Exasol" (see "Connection Configuration" for details):
> sqitch deploy 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Adding registry tables to db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
Deploying changes to db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
+ appschema .. ok
First Sqitch created registry tables used to track database changes. The structure and name of the
registry varies between databases (Exasol uses a schema to namespace its registry, while SQLite and MySQL
use separate databases). Next, Sqitch deploys changes. We only have one so far; the "+" reinforces the
idea that the change is being "added" to the database.
With this change deployed, if you connect to the database, you'll be able to see the schema:
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "select schema_name from exa_schemas;"
SCHEMA_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SQITCH
FLIPR
Trust, But Verify
But that's too much work. Do you really want to do something like that after every deploy?
Here's where the "verify" script comes in. Its job is to test that the deploy did was it was supposed to.
It should do so without regard to any data that might be in the database, and should throw an error if
the deploy was not successful. In Exasol, the simplest way to do so for schema is probably to simply
create an object in the schema. Put this SQL into verify/appschema.sql:
CREATE TABLE flipr.verify__ (id int);
DROP TABLE flipr.verify__;
In truth, you can use any query that generates an SQL error if the schema doesn't exist. Another handy
way to do that is to divide by zero if an object doesn't exist. For example, to throw an error when the
"flipr" schema does not exist, you could do something like this:
SELECT 1/COUNT(*) FROM exa_schemas WHERE schema_name = 'FLIPR';
Either way, run the "verify" script with the "verify" command:
> sqitch verify 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Verifying db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
* appschema .. ok
Verify successful
Looks good! If you want to make sure that the verify script correctly dies if the schema doesn't exist,
temporarily change the schema name in the script to something that doesn't exist, something like:
CREATE TABLE nonesuch.verify__ (id int);
Then "verify" again:
> sqitch verify 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Verifying db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
* appschema .. Error: [42000] schema NONESUCH not found [line 1, column 40] (Session: 1582884049218108749)
# Verify script "verify/appschema.sql" failed.
not ok
Verify Summary Report
---------------------
Changes: 1
Errors: 1
Verify failed
It's even nice enough to tell us what the problem is. Or, for the divide-by-zero example, change the
schema name:
SELECT 1/COUNT(*) FROM exa_schemas WHERE schema_name = 'nonesuch';
Then the verify will look something like:
> sqitch verify 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Verifying db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
* appschema .. Error: [22012] data exception - division by zero (Session: 1582884446489810101)
# Verify script "verify/appschema.sql" failed.
not ok
Verify Summary Report
---------------------
Changes: 1
Errors: 1
Verify failed
Less useful error output, but enough to alert us that something has gone wrong.
Don't forget to change the schema name back before continuing!
Status, Revert, Log, Repeat
For purely informational purposes, we can always see how a deployment was recorded via the "status"
command, which reads the registry tables from the database:
> sqitch status 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
# On database db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
# Project: flipr
# Change: f9759f0ed77964b6a3b6c7aa3b6058b4bb7db764
# Name: appschema
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 15:26:28 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Let's make sure that we can revert the change:
> sqitch revert 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Revert all changes from db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol? [Yes]
- appschema .. ok
The "revert" command first prompts to make sure that we really do want to revert. This is to prevent
unnecessary accidents. You can pass the "-y" option to disable the prompt. Also, notice the "-" before
the change name in the output, which reinforces that the change is being removed from the database. And
now the schema should be gone:
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "select schema_name from exa_schemas;"
SCHEMA_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SQITCH
And the status message should reflect as much:
> sqitch status 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
# On database db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
No changes deployed
Of course, since nothing is deployed, the "verify" command has nothing to verify:
> sqitch verify 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Verifying db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
No changes deployed
However, we still have a record that the change happened, visible via the "log" command:
> sqitch log 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
On database db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
Revert f9759f0ed77964b6a3b6c7aa3b6058b4bb7db764
Name: appschema
Committer: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
Date: 2014-09-04 16:33:02 -0700
Add schema for all flipr objects.
Deploy f9759f0ed77964b6a3b6c7aa3b6058b4bb7db764
Name: appschema
Committer: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
Date: 2014-09-04 15:26:28 -0700
Add schema for all flipr objects.
Note that the actions we took are shown in reverse chronological order, with the revert first and then
the deploy.
Cool. Now let's commit it.
> git add .
> git commit -m 'Add flipr schema.'
[master 9bee4bd] Add flipr schema.
5 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 deploy/appschema.sql
create mode 100644 revert/appschema.sql
create mode 100644 sqitch.sql
create mode 100644 verify/appschema.sql
And then deploy again. This time, let's use the "--verify" option, so that the "verify" script is applied
when the change is deployed:
> sqitch deploy --verify 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
Deploying changes to db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
+ appschema .. ok
And now the schema should be back:
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "select schema_name from exa_schemas;"
SCHEMA_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SQITCH
FLIPR
When we look at the status, the deployment will be there:
> sqitch status 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
# On database db:exasol://sys:@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol
# Project: flipr
# Change: fef4c2911ae68aee8f6ea164293a32923dc13b67
# Name: appschema
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 16:37:38 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
On Target
I'm getting a little tired of always having to type
"db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol", aren't you? This database connection URI
<https://github.com/libwww-perl/uri-db/> tells Sqitch how to connect to the deployment target, but we
don't have to keep using the URI. We can name the target:
> sqitch target add flipr_test 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:8563/?Driver=Exasol'
The "target" command, inspired by "git-remote" <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-remote>, allows management
of one or more named deployment targets. We've just added a target named "flipr_test", which means we can
use the string "flipr_test" for the target, rather than the URI. But since we're doing so much testing,
we can also tell Sqitch to deploy to the "flipr_test" target by default:
> sqitch engine add exasol flipr_test
Now we can omit the target argument altogether, unless we need to deploy to another database. Which we
will, eventually, but at least our examples will be simpler from here on in, e.g.:
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: f9759f0ed77964b6a3b6c7aa3b6058b4bb7db764
# Name: appschema
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 16:37:38 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Yay, that allows things to be a little more concise. Let's also make sure that changes are verified after
deploying them:
> sqitch config --bool deploy.verify true
> sqitch config --bool rebase.verify true
We'll see the "rebase" command a bit later. In the meantime, let's commit the new configuration and and
make some more changes!
> git commit -am 'Set default deployment target and always verify.'
[master 469779a] Set default deployment target and always verify.
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Deploy with Dependency
Let's add another change, this time to create a table. Our app will need users, of course, so we'll
create a table for them. First, add the new change:
> sqitch add users --requires appschema -n 'Creates table to track our users.'
Created deploy/users.sql
Created revert/users.sql
Created verify/users.sql
Added "users [appschema]" to sqitch.plan
Note that we're requiring the "appschema" change as a dependency of the new "users" change. Although that
change has already been added to the plan and therefore should always be applied before the "users"
change, it's a good idea to be explicit about dependencies.
Now edit the scripts. When you're done, deploy/users.sql should look like this:
-- Deploy flipr:users to exasol
-- requires: appschema
CREATE TABLE flipr.users (
nickname VARCHAR(64) PRIMARY KEY,
password VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL,
fullname VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL,
twitter VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL,
ts TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE DEFAULT NOW() NOT NULL
);
COMMIT;
A few things to notice here. On the second line, the dependence on the "appschema" change has been
listed. This doesn't do anything, but the default "deploy" Exasol template lists it here for your
reference while editing the file. Useful, right?
The table itself will be created in the "flipr" schema. This is why we need to require the "appschema"
change.
Now for the verify script. The simplest way to check that the table was created and has the expected
columns without touching the data? Just select from the table with a false "WHERE" clause. Add this to
verify/users.sql:
SELECT nickname, password, fullname, twitter, ts
FROM flipr.users
WHERE FALSE;
Now for the revert script: all we have to do is drop the table. Add this to revert/users.sql:
DROP TABLE flipr.users;
Couldn't be much simpler, right? Let's deploy this bad boy:
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ users .. ok
We know, since verification is enabled, that the table must have been created. But for the purposes of
visibility, let's have a quick look:
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.users;"
COLUMN_NAME SQL_TYPE NULLABLE DISTRIBUTION_KEY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------- ----------------
NICKNAME VARCHAR(64) UTF8 FALSE FALSE
PASSWORD VARCHAR(256) UTF8 FALSE FALSE
FULLNAME VARCHAR(256) UTF8 FALSE FALSE
TWITTER VARCHAR(256) UTF8 FALSE FALSE
TS TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE FALSE FALSE
We can also verify all currently deployed changes with the "verify" command:
> sqitch verify
Verifying flipr_test
* appschema .. ok
* users ...... ok
Verify successful
Now have a look at the status:
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: 794a6c78816543909d592e2e9f5c0fade5b47406
# Name: users
# Deployed: 2017-11-02 11:02:40 +0100
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Success! Let's make sure we can revert the change, as well:
> sqitch revert --to @HEAD^ -y
Reverting changes to appschema from flipr_test
- users .. ok
Note that we've used the "--to" option to specify the change to revert to. And what do we revert to? The
symbolic tag @HEAD, when passed to "revert", always refers to the last change deployed to the database.
(For other commands, it refers to the last change in the plan.) Appending the caret ("^") tells Sqitch
to select the change prior to the last deployed change. So we revert to "appschema", the penultimate
change. The other potentially useful symbolic tag is @ROOT, which refers to the first change deployed to
the database (or in the plan, depending on the command).
Back to the database. The "users" table should be gone but the "flipr" schema should still be around:
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.users;"
Error: [42000] table or view FLIPR.USERS not found [line 1, column 10] (Session: 1582958508294847446)
The "status" command politely informs us that we have undeployed changes:
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: f9759f0ed77964b6a3b6c7aa3b6058b4bb7db764
# Name: appschema
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 16:37:38 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Undeployed change:
* users
As does the "verify" command:
> sqitch verify
Verifying flipr_test
* appschema .. ok
Undeployed change:
* users
Verify successful
Note that the verify is successful, because all currently-deployed changes are verified. The list of
undeployed changes (just "users" here) reminds us about the current state.
Okay, let's commit and deploy again:
> git add .
> git commit -am 'Add users table.'
[master c7c24c5] Add users table.
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 deploy/users.sql
create mode 100644 revert/users.sql
create mode 100644 verify/users.sql
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ users .. ok
Looks good. Check the status:
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: d647ac8c130a7e0b12c9049789e46afb4a4f6e53
# Name: users
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 17:42:53 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Excellent. Let's do some more!
Add Two at Once
Let's add a couple more changes. Our app will need to store status messages from users. Let's call them
-- and the table to store them -- "flips". And we'll also need a view that lists user names with their
flips. Let's add changes for them both:
> sqitch add flips -r appschema -r users -n 'Adds table for storing flips.'
Created deploy/flips.sql
Created revert/flips.sql
Created verify/flips.sql
Added "flips [appschema users]" to sqitch.plan
> sqitch add userflips -r appschema -r users -r flips \
-n 'Creates the userflips view.'
Created deploy/userflips.sql
Created revert/userflips.sql
Created verify/userflips.sql
Added "userflips [appschema users flips]" to sqitch.plan
Now might be a good time to have a look at the deployment plan:
> cat sqitch.plan
%syntax-version=1.0.0
%project=flipr
%uri=https://github.com/sqitchers/sqitch-exasol-intro/
appschema 2014-09-04T18:40:34Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Add schema for all flipr objects.
users [appschema] 2014-09-04T23:40:15Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Creates table to track our users.
flips [appschema users] 2014-09-05T00:16:58Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing flips.
userflips [appschema users flips] 2014-09-05T00:18:43Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Creates the userflips view.
Each change appears on a single line with the name of the change, a bracketed list of dependencies, a
timestamp, the name and email address of the user who planned the change, and a note.
Let's write the code for the new changes. Here's what deploy/flips.sql should look like:
-- Deploy flipr:flips to exasol
-- requires: appschema
-- requires: users
CREATE TABLE flipr.flips (
id INTEGER IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
nickname VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL REFERENCES flipr.users(nickname),
body VARCHAR(180) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
ts TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE DEFAULT NOW() NOT NULL
);
COMMIT;
Here's what verify/flips.sql might look like:
-- Verify flipr:flips on exasol
SELECT id, nickname, body, ts
FROM flipr.flips
WHERE FALSE;
ROLLBACK;
And revert/flips.sql should look something like this:
-- Revert flipr:flips from exasol
DROP TABLE flipr.flips;
COMMIT;
Now for "userflips"; deploy/userflips.sql might look like this:
-- Deploy flipr:userflips to exasol
-- requires: appschema
-- requires: users
-- requires: flips
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW flipr.userflips AS
SELECT f.id, u.nickname, u.fullname, f.body, f.ts
FROM flipr.users u
JOIN flipr.flips f ON u.nickname = f.nickname;
COMMIT;
Use a "SELECT" statement in verify/userflips.sql again:
-- Verify flipr:userflips on exasol
SELECT id, nickname, fullname, body, ts
FROM flipr.userflips
WHERE FALSE;
ROLLBACK;
And of course, its "revert" script, revert/userflips.sql, should look something like:
-- Revert flipr:userflips from exasol
DROP VIEW flipr.userflips;
COMMIT;
Try em out!
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ flips ...... ok
+ userflips .. ok
Do we have the new table and view? Of course we do, they were verified. Still, have a look:
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "select table_name from exa_all_tables where table_schema = 'FLIPR';"
TABLE_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USERS
FLIPS
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.userflips;"
COLUMN_NAME SQL_TYPE NULLABLE DISTRIBUTION_KEY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------- ----------------
ID DECIMAL(18,0)
NICKNAME VARCHAR(64) UTF8
FULLNAME VARCHAR(256) UTF8
BODY VARCHAR(180) UTF8
TS TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE
And what's the status?
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: d1f998618fb863d93049a724fd0d2b49a29add86
# Name: userflips
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 17:51:21 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Looks good. Let's make sure revert works:
> sqitch revert -y --to @HEAD^^
Reverting changes to users from flipr_test
- userflips .. ok
- flips ...... ok
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.flips;"
Error: [42000] table or view FLIPR.FLIPS not found [line 1, column 10] (Session: 1582955242708359302)
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.userflips;"
Error: [42000] table or view FLIPR.USERFLIPS not found [line 1, column 10] (Session: 1582955248116468907)
Note the use of "@HEAD^^" to specify that the revert be to two changes prior the last deployed change.
Looks good. Let's do the commit and re-deploy dance:
> git add .
> git commit -m 'Add flips table and userflips view.'
[master c40f23f] Add flips table and userflips view.
7 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 deploy/flips.sql
create mode 100644 deploy/userflips.sql
create mode 100644 revert/flips.sql
create mode 100644 revert/userflips.sql
create mode 100644 verify/flips.sql
create mode 100644 verify/userflips.sql
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ flips ...... ok
+ userflips .. ok
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: d1f998618fb863d93049a724fd0d2b49a29add86
# Name: userflips
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 17:59:34 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
> sqitch verify
Verifying flipr_test
* appschema .. ok
* users ...... ok
* flips ...... ok
* userflips .. ok
Verify successful
Great, we're fully up-to-date!
Ship It!
Let's do a first release of our app. Let's call it "1.0.0-dev1" Since we want to have it go out with
deployments tied to the release, let's tag it:
> sqitch tag v1.0.0-dev1 -n 'Tag v1.0.0-dev1.'
Tagged "userflips" with @v1.0.0-dev1
> git commit -am 'Tag the database with v1.0.0-dev1.'
[master b07ce3d] Tag the database with v1.0.0-dev1.
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> git tag v1.0.0-dev1 -am 'Tag v1.0.0-dev1'
We can try deploying to make sure the tag gets picked up like so:
> sqitch deploy
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
> sqitch status
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: d1f998618fb863d93049a724fd0d2b49a29add86
# Name: userflips
# Tag: @v1.0.0-dev1
# Deployed: 2014-09-04 17:59:34 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Note the new "Tag" line in the output of "sqitch status": no new changes needed to be deployed, but
Sqitch did deploy the tag on the "userflips" change. Now let's bundle everything up for release:
> sqitch bundle
Bundling into bundle
Writing config
Writing plan
Writing scripts
+ appschema
+ users
+ flips
+ userflips @v1.0.0-dev1
Now we can package the bundle directory and distribute it. When it gets installed somewhere, users can
use Sqitch to deploy to the database. Let's try deploying it to another database. First, start up a new
Docker instance on a different port:
> docker run --detach --privileged --stop-timeout 120 -p 127.0.0.1:9999:8888 exasol/docker-db:latest
Now you should be able to deploy to the new database:
> cd bundle
> sqitch deploy 'db:exasol://sys:exasol@localhost:9999/?Driver=Exasol'
Adding registry tables to db:exasol://sys:@localhost:9999/?Driver=Exasol
Deploying changes to db:exasol://sys:@localhost:9999/?Driver=Exasol
+ appschema ............... ok
+ users ................... ok
+ flips ................... ok
+ userflips @v1.0.0-dev1 .. ok
Notice how the tag on "userflips" now appears in the deploy output. Nice, eh? Now, package it up and
ship it!
> cd ..
> mv bundle flipr-v1.0.0-dev1
> tar -czf flipr-v1.0.0-dev1.tgz flipr-v1.0.0-dev1
Making a Hash of Things
Now that we've got the basics of the app done, let's add a feature. Gotta track the hashtags associated
with flips, right? Let's add a table for them. But since other folks are working on other tasks in the
repository, we'll work on a branch, so we can all stay out of each other's way. So let's branch:
> git checkout -b hashtags
Switched to a new branch 'hashtags'
Now we can add a new change to create a table for hashtags.
> sqitch add hashtags --requires flips -n 'Adds table for storing hashtags.'
Created deploy/hashtags.sql
Created revert/hashtags.sql
Created verify/hashtags.sql
Added "hashtags [appschema flips]" to sqitch.plan
You know the drill by now. Add this to deploy/hashtags.sql
CREATE TABLE flipr.hashtags (
flip_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES flipr.flips(id),
hashtag VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (flip_id, hashtag)
);
Again, select from the table in verify/hashtags.sql:
SELECT flip_id, hashtag FROM flipr.hashtags WHERE FALSE;
And drop it in revert/hashtags.sql
DROP TABLE flipr.hashtags;
And give it a whirl:
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ hashtags .. ok
Look good?
> sqitch status --show-tags
# On database flipr_test
# Project: flipr
# Change: fda6daef73e0ac12252bf6af5f259ccb207d4197
# Name: hashtags
# Deployed: 2014-09-05 10:46:20 -0700
# By: Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
# Tag:
# @v1.0.0-dev1 - 2014-09-05 09:09:38 -0700 - Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com>
#
Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)
Note the use of "--show-tags" to show all the deployed tags. Make sure we can revert, too:
> sqitch rebase -y --onto @HEAD^
Reverting changes to userflips @v1.0.0-dev1 from flipr_test
- hashtags .. ok
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ hashtags .. ok
Great! Now make it so:
> git add .
> git commit -m 'Add hashtags table.'
[hashtags d893e9c] Add hashtags table.
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 deploy/hashtags.sql
create mode 100644 revert/hashtags.sql
create mode 100644 verify/hashtags.sql
Good, we've finished this feature. Time to merge back into "master".
Emergency
Let's do it:
> git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
> git pull
Updating b07ce3d..05d3e5d
Fast-forward
deploy/lists.sql | 10 ++++++++++
revert/lists.sql | 3 +++
sqitch.plan | 2 ++
verify/lists.sql | 5 +++++
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 deploy/lists.sql
create mode 100644 revert/lists.sql
create mode 100644 verify/lists.sql
Hrm, that's interesting. Looks like someone made some changes to "master". They added list support.
Well, let's see what happens when we merge our changes.
> git merge --no-ff hashtags
Auto-merging sqitch.plan
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in sqitch.plan
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
Oh, a conflict in sqitch.plan. Not too surprising, since both the merged "lists" branch and our
"hashtags" branch added changes to the plan. Let's try a different approach.
The truth is, we got lazy. Those changes when we pulled master from the origin should have raised a red
flag. It's considered a bad practice not to look at what's changed in "master" before merging in a
branch. What one should do is either:
• Rebase the hashtags branch from master before merging. This "rewinds" the branch changes, pulls from
"master", and then replays the changes back on top of the pulled changes.
• Create a patch and apply that to master. This is the sort of thing you might have to do if you're
sending changes to another user, especially if the VCS is not Git.
So let's restore things to how they were at master:
> git reset --hard HEAD
HEAD is now at 05d3e5d Merge branch 'lists'
That throws out our botched merge. Now let's go back to our branch and rebase it on "master":
> git checkout hashtags
Switched to branch 'hashtags'
> git rebase master
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Applying: Add hashtags table.
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
<stdin>:16: new blank line at EOF.
+
warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging sqitch.plan
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in sqitch.plan
Failed to merge in the changes.
Patch failed at 0001 Add hashtags table.
When you have resolved this problem run "git rebase --continue".
If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run "git rebase --skip".
To restore the original branch and stop rebasing run "git rebase --abort".
Oy, that's kind of a pain. It seems like no matter what we do, we'll need to resolve conflicts in that
file. Except in Git. Fortunately for us, we can tell Git to resolve conflicts in sqitch.plan differently.
Because we only ever append lines to the file, we can have it use the "union" merge driver, which,
according to its docs <https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_built-in_merge_drivers>:
Run 3-way file level merge for text files, but take lines from both versions, instead of leaving
conflict markers. This tends to leave the added lines in the resulting file in random order and the
user should verify the result. Do not use this if you do not understand the implications.
This has the effect of appending lines from all the merging files, which is exactly what we need. So
let's give it a try. First, back out the botched rebase:
> git rebase --abort
HEAD is now at d893e9c Add hashtags table.
Now add the union merge driver to .gitattributes for sqitch.plan and rebase again:
> echo sqitch.plan merge=union > .gitattributes
> git rebase master
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Applying: Add hashtags table.
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
<stdin>:16: new blank line at EOF.
+
warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging sqitch.plan
Ah, that looks a bit better. Let's have a look at the plan:
> cat sqitch.plan
%syntax-version=1.0.0
%project=flipr
%uri=https://github.com/sqitchers/sqitch-exasol-intro/
appschema 2014-09-04T18:40:34Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Add schema for all flipr objects.
users [appschema] 2014-09-04T23:40:15Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Creates table to track our users.
flips [appschema users] 2014-09-05T00:16:58Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing flips.
userflips [appschema users flips] 2014-09-05T00:18:43Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Creates the userflips view.
@v1.0.0-dev1 2014-09-05T16:04:48Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Tag v1.0.0-dev1.
lists [appschema users] 2014-09-05T17:33:43Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing lists.
hashtags [appschema flips] 2014-09-05T17:39:53Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing hashtags.
Note that it has appended the changes from the merged "lists" branch, and then merged the changes from
our "hashtags" branch. Test it to make sure it works as expected:
> sqitch rebase -y
Reverting all changes from flipr_test
- hashtags ................ ok
- userflips @v1.0.0-dev1 .. ok
- flips ................... ok
- users ................... ok
- appschema ............... ok
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ appschema ............... ok
+ users ................... ok
+ flips ................... ok
+ userflips @v1.0.0-dev1 .. ok
+ lists ................... ok
+ hashtags ................ ok
Note the use of "rebase", which combines a "revert" and a "deploy" into a single command. Handy, right?
It correctly reverted our changes, and then deployed them all again in the proper order. So let's commit
.gitattributes; seems worthwhile to keep that change:
> git add .
> git commit -m 'Add `.gitattributes` with union merge for `sqitch.plan`.'
[hashtags 2f065a3] Add `.gitattributes` with union merge for `sqitch.plan`.
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 .gitattributes
Merges Mastered
And now, finally, we can merge into "master":
> git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
> git merge --no-ff hashtags -m "Merge branch 'hashtags'"
Merge made by recursive.
.gitattributes | 1 +
deploy/hashtags.sql | 10 ++++++++++
revert/hashtags.sql | 3 +++
sqitch.plan | 1 +
verify/hashtags.sql | 3 +++
5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 .gitattributes
create mode 100644 deploy/hashtags.sql
create mode 100644 revert/hashtags.sql
create mode 100644 verify/hashtags.sql
And double-check our work:
> cat sqitch.plan
%syntax-version=1.0.0
%project=flipr
%uri=https://github.com/sqitchers/sqitch-exasol-intro/
appschema 2014-09-04T18:40:34Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Add schema for all flipr objects.
users [appschema] 2014-09-04T23:40:15Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Creates table to track our users.
flips [appschema users] 2014-09-05T00:16:58Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing flips.
userflips [appschema users flips] 2014-09-05T00:18:43Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Creates the userflips view.
@v1.0.0-dev1 2014-09-05T16:04:48Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Tag v1.0.0-dev1.
lists [appschema users] 2014-09-05T17:33:43Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing lists.
hashtags [appschema flips] 2014-09-05T17:39:53Z Marge N. OXVera <marge@example.com> # Adds table for storing hashtags.
Much much better, a nice clean master now. And because it is now identical to the "hashtags" branch, we
can just carry on. Go ahead and tag it, bundle, and release:
> sqitch tag v1.0.0-dev2 -n 'Tag v1.0.0-dev2.'
Tagged "hashtags" with @v1.0.0-dev2
> git commit -am 'Tag the database with v1.0.0-dev2.'
[master 8a6a73b] Tag the database with v1.0.0-dev2.
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> git tag v1.0.0-dev2 -am 'Tag v1.0.0-dev2'
> sqitch bundle --dest-dir flipr-1.0.0-dev2
Bundling into flipr-1.0.0-dev2
Writing config
Writing plan
Writing scripts
+ appschema
+ users
+ flips
+ userflips @v1.0.0-dev1
+ lists
+ hashtags @v1.0.0-dev2
Note the use of the "--dest-dir" option to "sqitch bundle". Just a nicer way to create the top-level
directory name so we don't have to rename it from bundle.
In Place Changes
Well, some folks have been testing the "1.0.0-dev2" release and have demanded that Twitter user links be
added to Flipr pages. Why anyone would want to include social network links in an anti-social networking
app is beyond us programmers, but we're just the plumbers, right? Gotta go with what Product demands. The
upshot is that we need to update the "userflips" view, which is used for the feature in question, to
include the Twitter user names.
Normally, modifying views in database changes is a PITA
<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pita>. You have to make changes like these:
1. Copy deploy/userflips.sql to deploy/userflips_twitter.sql.
2. Edit deploy/userflips_twitter.sql to drop and re-create the view with the "twitter" column to the
view.
3. Copy deploy/userflips.sql to revert/userflips_twitter.sql. Yes, copy the original change script to
the new revert change.
4. Add a "DROP VIEW" statement to revert/userflips_twitter.sql.
5. Copy verify/userflips.sql to verify/userflips_twitter.sql.
6. Modify verify/userflips_twitter.sql to include a check for the "twiter" column.
7. Test the changes to make sure you can deploy and revert the "userflips_twitter" change.
But you can have Sqitch do most of the work for you. The only requirement is that a tag appear between
the two instances of a change we want to modify. In general, you're going to make a change like this
after a release, which you've tagged anyway, right? Well we have, with "@v1.0.0-dev2" added in the
previous section. With that, we can let Sqitch do most of the hard work for us, thanks to the "rework"
command, which is similar to "add":
> sqitch rework userflips -n 'Adds userflips.twitter.'
Added "userflips [userflips@v1.0.0-dev2]" to sqitch.plan.
Modify these files as appropriate:
* deploy/userflips.sql
* revert/userflips.sql
* verify/userflips.sql
Oh, so we can edit those files in place. Nice! How does Sqitch do it? Well, in point of fact, it has
copied the files to stand in for the previous instance of the "userflips" change, which we can see via
"git status":
> git status
# On branch master
# Changed but not updated:
# (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
# (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
# modified: revert/userflips.sql
# modified: sqitch.plan
#
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# deploy/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql
# revert/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql
# verify/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
The "untracked files" part of the output is the first thing to notice. They're all named
"userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql". What that means is: "the "userflips" change as it was implemented as of the
"@v1.0.0-dev2" tag." These are copies of the original scripts, and thereafter Sqitch will find them when
it needs to run scripts for the first instance of the "userflips" change. As such, it's important not to
change them again. But hey, if you're reworking the change, you shouldn't need to.
The other thing to notice is that revert/userflips.sql has changed. Sqitch replaced it with the original
deploy script. As of now, deploy/userflips.sql and revert/userflips.sql are identical. This is on the
assumption that the deploy script will be changed (we're reworking it, remember?), and that the revert
script should actually change things back to how they were before. Of course, the original deploy script
may not be idempotent <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idempotence> -- that is, able to be applied multiple
times without changing the result beyond the initial application. If it's not, you will likely need to
modify it so that it properly restores things to how they were after the original deploy script was
deployed. Or, more simply, it should revert changes back to how they were as-of the deployment of
deploy/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql.
Fortunately, our view deploy scripts are already idempotent, thanks to the use of the "OR REPLACE"
expression. No matter how many times a deployment script is run, the end result will be the same instance
of the view, with no duplicates or errors.
As a result, there is no need to explicitly add changes. So go ahead. Modify the script to add the
"twitter" column to the view. Make this change to deploy/userflips.sql:
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
-- requires: flips
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW flipr.userflips AS
-SELECT f.id, u.nickname, u.fullname, f.body, f.timestamp
+SELECT f.id, u.nickname, u.fullname, u.twitter, f.body, f.timestamp
FROM flipr.users u
JOIN flipr.flips f ON u.nickname = f.nickname;
Next, modify verify/userflips.sql to check for the "twitter" column. Here's the diff:
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-- Verify flipr:userflips on exasol
-SELECT id, nickname, fullname, body, timestamp
+SELECT id, nickname, fullname, twitter, body, timestamp
FROM flipr.userflips
WHERE FALSE;
Now try a deployment:
> sqitch deploy
Deploying changes to flipr_test
+ userflips .. ok
So, are the changes deployed?
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.userflips;"
COLUMN_NAME SQL_TYPE NULLABLE DISTRIBUTION_KEY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------- ----------------
ID DECIMAL(18,0)
NICKNAME VARCHAR(64) UTF8
FULLNAME VARCHAR(256) UTF8
TWITTER VARCHAR(256) UTF8
BODY VARCHAR(180) UTF8
TS TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE
Awesome, the view now includes the "twitter" column. But can we revert?
> sqitch revert --to @HEAD^ -y
Reverting changes to hashtags @v1.0.0-dev2 from flipr_test
- userflips .. ok
Did that work, is the "twitter" column gone?
> exaplus -q -u sys -p exasol -c localhost:8563 -sql "describe flipr.userflips;"
COLUMN_NAME SQL_TYPE NULLABLE DISTRIBUTION_KEY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------- ----------------
ID DECIMAL(18,0)
NICKNAME VARCHAR(64) UTF8
FULLNAME VARCHAR(256) UTF8
BODY VARCHAR(180) UTF8
TS TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE
Yes, it works! Sqitch properly finds the original instances of these changes in the new script files that
include tags.
Excellent. Let's go ahead and commit these changes:
> git add .
> git commit -m 'Add the twitter column to the userflips view.'
[master 95d6dd0] Add the twitter column to the userflips view.
7 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 deploy/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql
create mode 100644 revert/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql
create mode 100644 verify/userflips@v1.0.0-dev2.sql
More to Come
Sqitch is a work in progress. Better integration with version control systems is planned to make managing
idempotent reworkings even easier. Stay tuned.
Author
David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>
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