drop-all

drop-all drops all database objects owned by the user. drop-all will not drop functions, procedures, or packages for Liquibase Open Source. Functions, procedures, packages, and synonyms can only be dropped for Liquibase Pro supported objects.

Uses

drop-all is typically used when there is a need to prepare an environment schema to be identical to another environment schema. drop-all is useful in the developer and test environments to remove unwanted objects to reset the database to "empty".

The command makes it easier to standardize another schema, compared to manually deleting the objects, or dropping and recreating the desired schema.

drop-all should not be used in a production environment to prevent removal of required objects.

Syntax

To run the drop-all 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 drop-all command:

liquibase drop-all

Command arguments

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
--url

The JDBC database connection URL. See Using JDBC URL in Liquibase.

 Required
--default-catalog-name

Name of the default catalog to use for the database connection

 Optional
--default-schema-name

Name of the default schema to use for the database connection. If defaultSchemaName is set, then objects do not have to be fully qualified. This means you can refer to just mytable instead of myschema.mytable.

Tip: In Liquibase v4.23.0+, camelCase for defaultSchemaName works successfully. If you are on an earlier version, camelCase may not work as expected.

Note: The syntax liquibase.command.defaultSchemaName is valid for v4.19.0+. For prior versions, use defaultSchemaName.

 Optional
--driver

The JDBC driver class

 Optional
--driver-properties-file

The JDBC driver properties file

 Optional
--password

Password to connect to the target database.

Tip: It is a best practice to store sensitive data in a Secrets Management tool with Liquibase Pro.

 Optional
--schemas

Schemas to include in drop

 Optional
--username

Username to connect to the target database.

Tip: It is a best practice to store sensitive data in a Secrets Management tool with Liquibase Pro.

 Optional

Note: The username and password attributes are not required for connections and systems which use alternate means of authentication. Also, you can specify database credentials as part of the url attribute.

Output

When successful, the drop-all command produces the following output:

Liquibase Pro 3.9.0  licensed to Liquibase Pro Customer until Tue Sep 22 19:00:00 CDT 2020
All objects dropped from MVN_UAT@jdbc:oracle:thin:@support.datical.net:1521:ORCL
Liquibase command 'drop-all' was executed successfully.

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