Setting up a collaborative environment
A business intelligence and data warehouse project has multiple software products. None of these products operates or produces the same collateral. In order to do this, you need to create an environment where you can check code in and out, as information is updated. Version control tools can be used to track changes to code, or to enable collaboration. A lot of information is contained on individual workstations. By setting up a version control environment, information can be shared and stored centrally, and versioned.
Getting ready
Choosing a version control tool is not easy. Some of the main contenders are:
Subversion
VisualSVN Server Standard Edition is available at low cost or no cost
Collabnet
Subversion Edge is another server product available at low or no cost
Perforce
Both of these are viable as there is some level of integration into Oracle toolsets. Subversion is the general tool of choice. These tools require a server version installed, so that...
