future-rollback-sql

The future-rollback-sql command is a helper command that produces the raw SQL Liquibase would need to roll back changes that have not yet been deployed to your database.

Uses

You can use the future-rollback-sql command to inspect the raw SQL Liquibase would use to revert changes associated with undeployed changesets.

It is best practice to inspect SQL Liquibase would run when using the update command so you can review any changes the command would make to your database.

Note: The update-sql command is a helper command that you can also use before running the update command. The main difference is that update-sql creates objects associated with undeployed changesets, and future-rollback-sql drops objects associated with undeployed changesets.

Starting in Liquibase 4.4, there are changes in how you can configure Liquibase or how you can type commands, including future-rollback-sql. The Liquibase CLI functionality aims to be backward compatible with all previous versions. However, it is best practice to follow the syntax rules on the Working with Command Parameters page and in the output of the --help command.

Running the future-rollback-sql command

To run the future-rollback-sql command, specify the driver, classpath, and URL in the Liquibase properties file. For more information, see Create and Configure a liquibase.properties File. You can also specify these properties in your command line.

Then run the future-rollback-sql command:

liquibase future-rollback-sql --changelog-file=sample.changelog.xml --output-file=future.txt

Note: Enter the name of the changelog and output you want to use in place of sample.changelog.xml and future.txt.

future-rollback-sql command attributes

Tip: For best results, specify all commands and parameters in the --kebab-case format in the CLI. If your preference is camelCase, it also works in the CLI.

Attribute	Definition	Requirement
--changelog-file *	The root changelog	Required
--url	The JDBC database connection URL	Required
--username	The database username	Required
--password	The database password	Required
--output-file **	Specifies the file path to where the SQL output will be written	Optional

* Liquibase checks the changelog and any nested changelogs for the definitions of the changesets to roll back.

** If not specified, the future-rollback-sql output goes to STDOUT.

Note: The username and password attributes are not required for connections and systems which use alternate means of authentication.

future-rollback-sql example output

When successful, the future-rollback-sql command produces the following output:

-- *********************************************************************
-- SQL to roll back currently unexecuted changes
-- *********************************************************************
-- Change Log: example-changelog.sql
-- Ran at: 5/12/22, 10:34 AM
-- Against: DBUSER@jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost:9090/mem:dev
-- Liquibase version: 4.9.1
-- *********************************************************************

-- Lock Database
UPDATE PUBLIC.DATABASECHANGELOGLOCK SET LOCKED = TRUE, LOCKEDBY = 'DESKTOP-SQVSSV2 (192.168.1.179)', LOCKGRANTED = NOW() WHERE ID = 1 AND LOCKED = FALSE;

-- Release Database Lock
UPDATE PUBLIC.DATABASECHANGELOGLOCK SET LOCKED = FALSE, LOCKEDBY = NULL, LOCKGRANTED = NULL WHERE ID = 1;