[wix-users] Installing 2 features - One for App and One for DB

Rob Mensching rob at firegiant.com
Wed Feb 7 15:37:28 PST 2018


Repair isn't necessary. Modify is a totally supported thing in maintenance mode.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Edwin Castro via wix-users
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Installing 2 features - One for App and One for DB

I *think* a repair can be used to add features that were not selected
previously... That _might_ be an option for you.

Personally, I've never liked installing databases from MSIs. Given that
upgrades will eventually require non-trivial migrations, I've always
preferred to handle databases as a separate data step. Ultimately I don't
care which system is used to establish a connection to the database server
so installing an MSI on the system used to connect to the database server
always seemed wrong to me.

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Edwin G. Castro


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