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Any suggestions for moving Bv5 into production?
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Joined: 8/9/2006(UTC)
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Is there any recommended procedure for moving BVC from development into production?
Presumably, we'd uninstall our current version, Beta3, install BV5.01, create a new store, and paste our Theme Directory in. However, what about the database? Is there a way to pull the data over so we don't lose all the configuration settings? Is SQL server import sufficient?
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Joined: 8/17/2006(UTC)
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I used SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare from RedGate to copy all my data between servers. I still use them to copy data from my local development/product edit instance to the production one.
We edit all the products on a local BVC then at night upload the new contents (files first) to the production and we retest all products. |
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Joined: 11/17/2003(UTC)
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I love SQL Compare, billions of uses and it's a solid product. Well worth the bucks. There's no upgrade path from Beta's to production (for obvious reasons) so using a tool like this to convert your Beta DB to a production one is a great starting idea. You'll need to do the structure compare (SQL Compare) first, then very painstakingly go through the data (SQL Data Compare) to assure you're not missing any "stock" rows in your production database.
As for the file system, you can use something like Araxis Merge (my favorite). Beyond Compare is another well-known tool. Unless you customized the code, however, you shouldn't need to worry about this. Just delete the beta site, upload the production one.
G'luck... |
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