Testing on productive DB

Christoph_Kaulich_GN 2013-08-21 09:59:53 UTC #1

Hello,

I would like to test the trunk, but use our productive DB. Can I upgrade that DB with an installation of 1.9 and let the old 1.8 installation work on that updated DB for all the other users?

Something like

egw_database > 1.8 egw -> normal user
egw_database > 1.9 egw -> test user

and being egw_database the same for both instances of egroupware.

Thanks,

Christoph

el_es 2013-08-21 13:44:56 UTC #2

Hello,

I would like to test the trunk, but use our productive DB. Can I
upgrade that DB with an installation of 1.9 and let the old 1.8
installation work on that updated DB for all the other users?

Something like

egw_database > 1.8 egw -> normal user
egw_database > 1.9 egw -> test user

and being egw_database the same for both instances of egroupware.

Thanks,

Christoph

I’d have a testing distro installed in a virtual machine and just copy
the database over (e.g. through exporting on the 1.8 and importing on the 1.9).

Assuming that test user mostly does /testing/ things and his changes/proceedings
wouldn’t need to go back to the 1.8 database where normal ‘production’ happens,
and the ‘testing’ instance is not meant to be used in production anyway,
and normal users need not know about the ‘testing’ instance till it’s ready to be
’production’.

-L.

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Leithoff_Klaus 2013-08-21 13:52:35 UTC #3

I would not recommend it.
there is all sorts of errors bound to happen.
If you want to test trunk; do it with a copy of your database, do a proper upgrade and be done with it.

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el_es 2013-08-21 16:26:43 UTC #4

I would not recommend it.
there is all sorts of errors bound to happen.
If you want to test trunk; do it with a copy of your database, do a proper upgrade and be done with it.

I think we are actually in a ‘violent agreement’ as to this

I only suggested moving the copy (made through backup) to another separated system, e.g.running in a VM

-L.

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