deltaBase is a Database Change Management & Deployment process for Oracle databases.  This process is supported by the deltaBase application. This process has been in-place for a large client for over 4 years.

Changes made to a database are different to, and a lot more complicated than, software changes  database changes are generally incremental in nature, as opposed to for example a simple replace of an executable file.

At a high level, deltaBase is a full life-cycle process, used to manage database changes through testing phases and finally deployment to production.  It has the following high level features:

1. • scheduled builds
   

2. • rollback capabilities, with auto-testing of rollback scripts at build time
   

3. • supports multiple development branches
   

4. • integrates with code generation tools
   

5. • integrates with version control tools
   

6. • one-click deployment process, without the need for developers to access production databases.
   

7. • component change tracking, maintaining a detailed history of all changes
   

8. • configurable rules engine
   

9. • fully managed build environments
   

10. • user-level / role-level access (with LDAP support)
    

11. • auto-generation of reports for component tracking, ownership, deployments
    

12. • build results/deployment results  RSS, email and web-based feeds supported
    

13. • Easy to use web based interface
    

14. • Ideal for monitoring changes without installing applications onto production databases
    

15. • Integrates with an automated build process
    

This process and application would be used onsite by the Build Analyst, Change Analyst and Database developers.

Download the full brochure here : deltaBaseBrochure.pdf.

Screen-shots of deltaBase in action are available here.