Using Rational Clearcase with Sparx EA SQL Server

[ggandhi]

We have Rational Clearcase in our organisation.  I have used Apache SVN for version control of code, including branch merges. I have used Clearcase for checking out/checking in MS-Office documents.  I have not used Clearcase in a Sparx EA SQL Server Repository. I need to understand the benefits of using Clearcase in a Sparx EA SQL Server Repository. How does branch merging play its part?

Please can anyone point me to a good paper on using Rational Clearcase with a Sparx EA SQL Server Repository?

[qwerty]

[rant] I should write a book on this :-/  You can not merge models. That is so to say nonsense. A model is daily basis for a set of modelers to exchange their thoughts and to build "something". You can not "merge" one ideas cloud with another. The result would always be rubbish. VC in sense of modeling is only a means of making backups. And a quite ineffective one.
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[Helmut Ortmann]

Hello,

if you want real configuration management you can use any SCC compatible Version Control System.

Be aware for this real configuration management you have to pay something like:

• It's more complicate than a simple DBMS
• You get some overhead
• Sometimes cross package dependencies causes trouble
• The repository is locked during Checkin/Checkout
• etc.

Have a look in this forum (search) and you will see some discussions of the pros and cons.

Helmut