Recipe 4Automating Database or Schema Creation

Problem: Does your development team have to wait on the DBA to create a database or schema before starting work?

When application developers want a database or schema to work with, do they have to e-mail the DBA group, wait for the database to be created and populated with sample data, and then start working? If no one other than the DBA group knows how to do this, that could create a project bottleneck.

Solution

Creating a build script target to handle boilerplate tasks that the DBA group usually does for your team eases the DBA group's workload and increases your team's project delivery speed. Database/schema creation is a standard set of commands, and you can use an Ant (build script) target for ...

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