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syncIdentityColumn

Last updated: August 12, 2026

syncIdentityColumn is a Change Type in the Liquibase Secure Databricks extension that synchronizes identity column metadata with actual data. It is available in the Liquibase Secure Databricks extension 1.0.0 and later.

Uses

An identity column in Databricks defines the mechanism to create a unique identifier for each row in the table. It contains metadata like a start and step (increment) value.

If you write your own values to an identity column, it might not comply with the metadata. You can use syncIdentityColumn to evaluate the state and update the metadata to be consistent with the actual data you specified.

For more information, see ALTER TABLE … COLUMN clause.

Run syncIdentityColumn

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

  1. Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.

  2. Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.

  3. Deploy your changeset by running the update command: liquibase update

Available attributes

You must specify all top-level attributes marked as required. If you specify an optional attribute, you must also specify any nested attributes that it requires.

Name

Type

Description

Requirement

tableName

String

Name of the table containing the column to sync.

Required

columnName

String

Name of the column to sync.

Required

catalogName

String

Name of the catalog

Optional

schemaName

String

Name of the schema

Optional

syncIdentityColumn examples

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