[support] Keeping dev and live site in sync

[Warren Keuffel]

One concept developed in the webcast that I am not familiar with is that of schema and data synchronization. Heretofore, I have only copied full DBs. Can you provide any links to discussion of these topics?

Thanks.
-WK


On Jan 26, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Sohodojo Jim wrote:

> Tony,
> 
>>> Amazing and thanks for that though I must admit I had trouble keeping at
> all the 
>>> info being thrown on to the screen. 
> 
> 	[In reference to the webcast mentioned in a former note and found
> here: http://www.sohodojo.biz/sqlyog]... Thanks back for the comment. :-)
> The contest had a "soft limit" of around 5 minutes for the testimonials and
> most were "throw-away" quickie-comments folks did to just get in the contest
> drawing. I actually did want to do a real testimonial as SQLyog is truly one
> of the must-have apps that I use to make my development life more efficient
> and organized.
> 
> 	Even with significant time-compression (fast motion) on the "live
> action" segments and diligent editing (Camtasia is _amazing_ and fun), I was
> only able to get my entry down to just over seven minutes.
> 
> 	So, yes, there is a bit of "drinking from a fire-hose" dimension to
> that webcast. The pause and rewind button can be your friend in this case...
> :-) Perhaps, now that the contest is over, I'll do a "Director's Cut"
> version to provide a more relaxed presentation. 
> 
> 	And finally, so that folks don't think I am trying to push an agenda
> about using SQLyog which is a commercial app (although they do kindly
> provide a more-limited free version)... The strategy and tactics I describe
> in my webcast are _ideas_ and recommendations about how one might organize
> and manage a daily workflow with a dev/live Drupal site. While some of the
> fine-grained tactics might be more conveniently done with SQLyog, the 'big
> ideas' and most of the step-wise tactics are not dependent on that
> application. You can take these ideas and apply them with any toolset you
> might like. (Hint/nudge-nudge-wink-wink: I'm thinking that a drush script
> along these lines might be an awesome addition to our community if somebody
> wants to scratch that itch based on my webcast as a 'live use case' spec.)
> 
> 	--Sohodojo Jim--
> 
> 
> 
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