Updating a Google Cloud SQL Database instance

Question

I have a deployed Cloud SQL Database instance running right now and it works fine. I am able to access and use it via my PHP Google App Engine app. I also have a local SQL Database for development.

Locally, I have made some changes to the structure of the database (added new columns) and would like to push those changes to the deployed app.

When I try to do this via the documented method on the App Engine site, I get an error saying the import failed for an unknown reason.

I am using a .sql dump made by PhpMyAdmin and have done this successfully for the initial import. I made sure to include USE DATABASE NAME in the dump.

Any ideas as to why it's failing? What is the best way to update a Cloud SQL Database? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

An easy way is to request an IP, whitelist the IP you are connecting from (link) and use the MySQL client (link). Over IP you can also use GUI tools like MySQL Workbench, Toad, SQuirrel SQL and others (link).

Answer 2

You can set up phpMyAdmin as a different version of your application using the instructions here: https://gae-php-tips.appspot.com/2013/05/26/setting-up-phpmyadmin-on-app-engine/ That would probably be the easiest way of updating a Cloud SQL database...