Create DDL syntax without the need of temp files and directories

[waterkip]

Hello, at work we needed to generate the SQL DDL based on the current schema, but without the hassle of temp files and directories. I've introduced create_ddl which does this.

[castaway]

I haven't read the code in depth but.. how does if differ from just calling ->deployment_statements?

[waterkip]

Valid point. From what I saw deployment_statements looks at the existence of generated files, I want the SQL generated on the fly regardless of files on disk.

[ribasushi]

@waterkip You can always supply a /nonexistant $dir argument and have deployment_statements not return anything pregenerated. The default to look in ./ is unfortunate, yes, but it seems to me does not warrant an entire new method.

Let us know what you think of the above (perhaps with an extra documentation addition).

[waterkip]

I'll have a look.. although the nonexistent dir is a bit of a (icky) workaround.

[ribasushi]

@waterkip You are quite right that /nonexistent is pretty icky. Given that undef is also taken as a valid argument, what about special-casing (and documenting) q{} (empty string) as the API for "do not check the FS at all" ?

[ribasushi]

@waterkip Apologies for the closure of this issue - github did a number on me due to how it operates wrt disappearing branches.

The issue is still on the radar, and will be merged when the underlying piece falls in place (any moment now). Sorry about that.