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Schemas and Databases in an Agile World
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Andrew Godwin
April 24, 2014
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Schemas and Databases in an Agile World
A talk I gave at CRAFT 2014 in Budapest
Andrew Godwin
April 24, 2014
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Transcript
Andrew Godwin @andrewgodwin DATABASES SCHEMAS in an agile world &
Andrew Godwin Core Developer Senior Engineer
Schemas Explicit & Implicit
Explicit Schema ID int Name text Weight uint 1 2
3 Alice Bob Charles 76 84 65 Implicit Schema { "id": 342, "name": "David", "weight": 44, }
Silent Failure { "id": 342, "name": "David", "weight": 74, }
{ "id": 342, "name": "Ellie", "weight": "85kg", } { "id": 342, "nom": "Frankie", "weight": 77, } { "id": 342, "name": "Frankie", "weight": -67, }
Schemas inform Storage
PostgreSQL
Adding NULLable columns: instant But must be at end of
table
CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY Slower, and only one at a time
Constraints after column addition This is more general advice
MySQL Locks whole table Rewrites entire storage No DDL transactions
Oracle / MSSQL / etc. Look into their strengths
Workflows Databases aren't code...
You can't put your database in a VCS You can
put your schema in a VCS But your data won't always survive.
Django Migrations Codified schema change format
None
Migrations aren't enough You can't automate away a social problem!
What if we got rid of the schema? That pesky,
pesky schema.
The Nesting Problem { "id": 123, "name": "Andrew", "friends": [
{"id": 456, "name": "David"}, {"id": 789, "name": "Mazz"}, ], "likes": [ {"id": 22, "liker": {"id": 789, "name", "Mazz"}}, ], }
You don't have to use a document DB (like CouchDB,
MongoDB, etc.)
Schemaless Columns ID int Name text Weight uint Data json
1 Alice 76 { "nickname": "Al", "bgcolor": "#ff0033" }
But that must be slower... Right?
Comparison (never trust benchmarks) Loading 1.2 million records PostgreSQL MongoDB
76 sec 8 min Sequential scan PostgreSQL MongoDB 980 ms 980 ms Index scan (Postgres GINhash) PostgreSQL MongoDB 0.7 ms 1 ms
Reasonable queries SELECT id, title FROM articles WHERE attributes->'author'->>'first_name' =
'cory'
A hybrid solution Normal columns for more static data (e.g.
id, title) Schemaless blobs for variable data (e.g. styling)
Lessons
Schemas are your friend Explicit definitions or checks will save
you
Read only mode It makes DB downtime more palatable
Work to your DBs strengths It's not just a dumb
data store
Coordinate your team A little coorindation pays big dividends
Try hybrid schemas Particularly good for CMSs or enterprise software
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