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I promised I’d have a simpler mechanism for rebuilding the database. Below is a complete MSBuild targets file for rebuilding the database from scratch. I don’t know if I’ve explained the rational for this. The reason why you’d WANT to do this is so that each developer has a clean version of the database on their local machine. This also includes the continuous integration environment. Basically, you can do whatever you want to the database without fear, and in a minute or two, have a completely rebuilt...
In part 1, I showed a complicated mechanism for performing a clean database build. There’s an easier way. The easier way is to use the msbuild extension tasks out on codeplex. While you’ll still need to forcibly take the database offline (ALTER DATABASE [mydb] SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE), the other msbuild tasks more easily allow you to create and delete the database. Eventually, I’ll post an example. Technorati Tags: MSBuild...
So I’m taking a break from writing about other Agile stuff for a post. :) I’m still going to get back to the other subjects, but this is fun too. Something I’ve done quite a bit of is MSBuild and CI work. I’m experimenting with ways to improve what I’ve done in the past, particularly around database CI. Today, I developed a mechanism for starting from scratch with your database. By scratch, I mean blowing away the existing database and creating it again from a single command line call. I’m a firm...
Well, that was certainly annoying. I'm trying to create a new application manifest (deployment manifest), and if I use the -MinVersion (-mv) option as specified in the Mage documentation, it fails with the error, "The minimum version specified is not valid." I'm guessing that this goes hand in hand with the bug that I ran into earlier where you can't do anything but a check after install when using mage. For that defect, I ended up running some code to replace the <expiration maximumAge="0" unit="days"...