WarnOnUseDatabase

Last updated: January 22, 2026

Detects USE DATABASE statements in SQL scripts to help maintain portability and prevent unintended database switching, ensuring changesets do not accidentally execute against the wrong database context or create deployment issues across different environments.

Uses

Property

Value

Liquibase version required

4.19.0+

Scope (--checks-scope)

changelog

Default status

disabled

Default severity (exit code)

0 ("INFO")

Customizable settings

No (static)

Before you begin

  1. Ensure that you have correctly specified your Liquibase Secure license key.

  2. Ensure that the --checks-scope parameter includes the scope of this check.

Changelog checks prerequisites

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Procedure

1

Enable

This check is enabled by default. To verify that it is currently enabled, run the checks show command:

liquibase checks show --check-name=<string>

2

To run the check, use the checks run command.

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Note: For flow files you'll need to run liquibase flow to apply your changes.