dbmate VS bytebase

A regular code repo with the scripts (with pull/merge requests for review) and then a CI job that builds containers with something like dbmate https://github.com/amacneil/dbmate that can then be run against any staging/prod environment.

As we want to maintain the track of our changes to the DB, we are going to use migrations. In this case, we are going to use dbmate. But, you can use any other tool you want.

> For example having database migrations built in etc.

I actually went the exact opposite route, at least when possible: https://github.com/amacneil/dbmate

Pure SQL migrations, regardless of the back end technology that you use, completely decoupled from how each framework/library views things and therefore not dependent on them (you could even rewrite the back end in another technology later on, if needed; or swap ORMs; or avoid issues when there's a major ORM version update).

It's really nice when you can generate entity mappings based on a live database, like with https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2022/01/31/entity-framewor...

So in my case, I can have:

  * a DB that has migrations applied with dbmate, completely decoupled from any back end(s) that might use it

You can run dbmate as part of your CI/CD pipeline. You just keep a dbmate directory in your repo and deploy migrations with your code.

In general with ORMs, you will face a problem in one way or another. I ended up simply using https://github.com/gajus/slonik and https://github.com/amacneil/dbmate for migrations. My life is way much better since then.

I like dbmate, super simple and straightforward to use. For your specific use case, it can also be configured using your .env!

Would always go for a language agnostic migration tool, e.g. https://github.com/amacneil/dbmate to stay flexible and stay away from lock-in effects (besides sql).

We have been building https://github.com/bytebase/bytebase for 3+ years. You can think it of as GitHub/GitLab for SQL changes, with integrated GitOps, code review and deployment.

You can further check out this tutorial to get a feel of our GitOps solution

https://www.bytebase.com/docs/tutorials/database-change-mana...

We have been working on bytebase (https://github.com/bytebase/bytebase) for 3+ years to address this. With a change review workflow, environment propagations, and try not to disturb the dev flow if possible.

Migrations. All my database logic lives in version control.

Popular tooling like Phoenix, Hasura, etc have good built in migration stories.

https://www.bytebase.com looks really promising.

Hover, I do struggle with one big issue: changing database logic (views, functions, etc) that has other logic dependent on it. This seems like a solvable problem.

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Bytebase offers a powerful GUI for schema migration deployments. This tutorial will show you how to use Bytebase to deploy schema migrations with features like SQL Review, custom approval, time scheduling, and more.

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I use Bytebase to manage database changes for MySQL with GitOps workflow. I can manage my SQL scripts in my GitLab repo, and trigger a database change issue with committing a MR. Then Bytebase will record it after the issue is executed successfully. But I am not sure whether it supports procedures. Refer to https://github.com/bytebase/bytebase to get more details.