[wix-users] Separate Component for each SqlScript element?

[Edwin Castro]

Thank you for posting those links. Now I don't need to go find them. :-D

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Edwin G. Castro


On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 8:37 AM, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> Good reading:
>
> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/18/component-rules-101/
>
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/
> aa372795%28v=vs.85%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Ven H via wix-users
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 9:40 AM
> To: Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com>; WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Separate Component for each SqlScript element?
>
> Thank you very much for the details. So, if I understand correctly, I
> should include every SqlScript element under it's own component as per the
> Component Rules.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatesh
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 7:43 PM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You are not allowed to change components. You are breaking the
> > component rules. Rob has a few blog posts on the component rules that
> > you should read and understand. I can't look them up right now, I'm on
> > my phone, but I'll look for them after I get to work.
> >
> > The only time you can change a component is if you are doing a major
> > upgrade *and* RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled early (so that all
> > old components are completely uninstalled before the new, different
> > components can be installed). For all other kinds of upgrades,
> > including major ugrades scheduled late, you cannot change components
> > as the Windows Installer engine requires components to be immutable.
> >
> > --
> > Edwin G. Castro
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 14, 2018, 04:43 Ven H via wix-users <
> > wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry to bring this topic again. But, if we don't allocate individual
> >> component for each SqlScript, then Patch doesn't seem to be working
> >> properly. For example, if I have an SqlScript in first version and I
> >> add another SqlScript element in my Patch, if they are within the
> >> same component, it doesn't seem to be working. But if they are within
> >> their own components, then it seems to be working. Please advise.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Venkatesh
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Nir Bar via wix-users <
> >> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Since SqlComponent are not key paths anyway, you can nest some
> >> > under a single component
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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