How to Update Your Database Schema With No Downtime

1 · CockroachDB · Aug. 12, 2021, 5:40 p.m.
Just the thought of updating the database schema is enough to give some developers and architects a headache. Designing a good schema is hard enough. Updating it once it’s in production? That has to be a nightmare. Right? Well, historically it certainly has been! But it doesn’t have to be. Let’s take a look at the options for dealing with database schema, and learn how live schema updates solve the challenges developers encounter with both traditional relational databases and NoSQL document-stor...