Safely Adding NOT NULL Columns to Your Database Tables

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Stripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng at 04 Oct 2022, 15:00 UTC

Recommendations from Shopify's Data Migrations team for adding NOT NULL columns safely to your own database tables, based on a recent investigation into schema change safety using using the popular Large Hadron Migrator (LHM) gem.

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• T1Safely Adding NOT NULL Columns to Your Database TablesStripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng04 Oct 2022, 15:00