Is NHibernate SchemaUpdate safe in production code?

Question

For simplicity\'s sake. I\'m using Fluent NHibernate\'s Automapping combined with NHibernate\'s SchemaUpdate during runtime. On each run Automapper creates mappings for all enti

Answer 1

It depends on how critical the data is! I doubt that's such a good idea for a banking system. I have not had any problems with the update apart from one thing. Sometimes it does not rename properly. Further more it's a security risk connecting with an account that can modify the schema like that :)