Is CVS compatible with DS Server?

DS_MJ · Post by **DS_MJ** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:23 pm

Hello:

Need advice on CVS and whether it can be used with DataStage Server 7.5.

Brief info on CVS: CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is used for two purposes: record keeping and collaboration. That one can perform Open Source Development With CVS.

Need to know whether its compatible with DS Server?

Link for more info on CVS: http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.htm ... 20Concepts

The Client here wants to implement CVS because rather than requiring that developers coordinate with each other to avoid conflicts, CVS enables developers to edit simultaneously, assumes the burden of integrating all the changes, and keeps track of any conflicts. This process uses the copy-modify-merge model.

Can the above be achieved using DS Server? If yes then would appreciate if you could explain how....briefly.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:15 pm

Hello MJ,

Although DataStage has it's own integrated version control system it is possible to use CVS. Since DataStage jobs are stored within it's own database system they cannot simply be checked in and out as one could do with source code. A recent project of mine used .dsx datastage export files and checked those into the repository prior to promotion to the different environments.

All in all it is possible to use CVS/WinCVS in conjunction with DataStage but it is, in my personal opinion, not the best tool to use for this package.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:23 pm

And the whole concept of collaboration where multiple developers would "edit simultaneously" a single job and changes would be merged just doesn't fly in the house of DataStage.

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:24 pm

Record keeping and collaboration for DataStage projects is part of the next release, DataStage Hawk, which goes into beta testing soon. DataStage has previously not been very strong on team collaboration, apart from a robust client/server design, but the next release promises to improve things.

WoMaWil · Post by **WoMaWil** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:46 am

In the time we startet with DataStage (Version 3.6) there was no Version System with DataStage. At that time we wrote a (DOS)-Commandline-Export-Import-Tool for DataStage called.

With this tool we are (and are still in Version 7.5) able to initiate the import/export process of DataStage-Jobs, DataStage-Routine and DataStage-Transforms from within our version Tool (which is PVCS), but the dsmove could be controlled from any other Tool too.

Wolfgang

DS_MJ · Post by **DS_MJ** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:23 am

Thank you very much and appreciate your quick responses. Looking forward to the new release of DataStage Hawk. As usual this site is great for information.