Mite is a simple sql migration framework

The goal of Mite is to make sql migrations simple and painless without introducing new DSL syntax, file formats or xml for the developer to learn,
and to make doing migrations easier than not doing migrations for even the most simple project.

Supported Databases

• Microsoft SQL
• MySql

Supported Platforms

• Any machine that can run .net or mono applications
• Tested with Mono 2.6.7
• Tested with .Net 4.0

Tenets of Mite

• SQL is a perfectly good DSL (Domain Specific Language)
• Developers know and have tools for SQL.
• Down migrations are required for expected behavior on conflict resolution.
• Order is significant in migrations and is enforced.
• Migrations should be language agonostic. So a utility is appropriate.
• Database consistency with the migrations should be enforced. We should be aware of altered migrations.

Getting Started with Mite on a Existing Database

• Create a directory for your sql scripts. For the purposes of this guide we'll use "scripts". cd scripts mite init

• Follow the steps in the wizard. It will guide you through creating the _base.sql and mite.config.

• That's it, see "Creating your first migration".

Getting Started with Mite on a New Project

• Add the mite install directory to your PATH (right click Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables). (C:\Program Files\Mite)
• cd scripts
• mite init

Inheriting A Mite Project

If you are working on an existing project that uses mite and you do not have a database setup yet:

• Make sure that you have an empty database created and are in your scripts directory. Then execute the following commands.
• mite update

Creating your first migration

Use the following steps:

• mite -c
• Open the file that was created and insert your up and down migration (See video for shortcut using tooling).
• mite update (in order to bring your database current)

Mite Best Practices

• Use source control. If you keep your migration scripts in the same repository as your source then you will always have the appropriate migrations in order to make your database current for that version.
• Keep your scripts directory in a place that will not be published in a web accessible directory.

Migrating Up & Down

• mite stepup will execute one up migration.
• mite stepdown will execute one down migration.
• mite -d 2011-01-03 will execute up or down migrations until it reaches that version exactly or it will execute migrations until it passes that key.
• mite /? will display the help which shows all commands.

Installation

• Download the distributable or build from source.
• Add the location of Mite.exe to your PATH variable.

Mono

• Download the mono distributable or build from source with xbuild.
• Use the instructions above but use mite.exe instead of mite. The mono intrepreter should load it. If not then prefix it with mono
• Example: mite.exe update or mono mite.exe update

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2011 Whiteboard-IT LLC

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