Question

I’ve seen a lot of software that does something similar to what we need but I wanted to get specific to make sure I’m not barking up the wrong tree.

We have a C#/WPF/Silverlight application in beta form that has updates weekly for testing and debugging by remote users. I have created a simple routine that updates the customer with out a problem.

We are at the point where we are having to make database changes regularly to add new features. We are using the database project and creates a deployment script.

I tried writing a program that implements this script and failed miserably.

How do we migrate the database changes from our dev db to our customer’s db with our updates without having to jump through a bunch of hoops?

I hope this makes since, desperately need a good solution that requires little input from the customer since they will be clueless how it works. Right now, they click one button and it updates.

Answer 1

Here at Red Gate we’ve got a tool called SQL Packager, which takes a script and turns it into an exe that the customer can run. Is this something that might work for you?