updateDatabase Task
Roll the database forward applying all changesets that have not been run.
updateDatabase task examples
<liquibase:updateDatabase changeLogFile="/path/to/changeLog.xml">
<liquibase:database driver="${db.driver}" url="${db.url}" user="${db.user}" password="${db.pasword}"/>
</liquibase:updateDatabase>
A basic implementation of the update database task. Applies updates in the changelog file to the database.
<database id="my-database" driver="${driver.classname}" url="${jdbc.url}" user="${username}" password="${password}"/>
<liquibase:updateDatabase databaseRef="my-database" changelogFile="/path/to/changeLog.xml"/>
Updates the referenced database with the changeset found in the given changelog file.
<liquibase:updateDatabase changeLogFile="/path/to/changeLog.xml">
<liquibase:database driver="${db.driver}" url="${db.url}" user="${db.user}" password="${db.pasword}"/>
<liquibase:changeLogParameters>
<liquibase:changeLogParameter name="property1" value="value1"/>
<liquibase:changeLogParameter name="property2" value="value2"/>
<propertyset>
<propertyref prefix="mydb"/>
</propertyset>
</liquibase:changeLogParameters>
</liquibase:updateDatabase>
Updates the database with the changelog file, substituting any changelog parameters present with values defined in the nested elements.
Parameters
Attribute | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
changeLogFile | The changelog file to run. | Yes |
contexts | A comma separated list of Contexts to execute. If not specified, all contexts are run. | No |
outputFile | If specified, Liquibase will save the update SQL statements to the specified file rather than executing them in the database. | No |
outputEncoding | The character encoding to use when writing SQL statements to output file. | No; defaults to system encoding. |
promptOnNonLocalDatabase | If set to true a dialog box with warn you if you attempt to run the Liquibase against a database that is not on localhost. | No; default is false. |
dropFirst | If set to true, Liquibase will first drop all database objects owned by the connected user. | No; default is false |
classpathref | A reference to the classpath used to run the task with. | No |
databaseref | A reference to the database that Liquibase will connect to. | Yes, unless a nested <database> element is present. |
driver | Deprecated: Name of the database driver to connect with. | No |
url | Deprecated: Use <database> 's url attribute instead. The database URL. |
No |
username | Deprecated:The database username to connect with. | No |
password | Deprecated:The password to use when connecting to the database. | No |
defaultSchemaName | Deprecated:Schema to use by default for managed database objects and Liquibase control tables. | No |
currentDateTimeFunction | Deprecated: Overrides current date time function used in SQL. Useful for unsupported databases. | No |
databaseChangeLogTableName | Deprecated: Overrides the name of the DATABASECHANGELOG table to use. | No |
databaseChangeLogLockTableName | Deprecated: Overrides the name of the DATABASECHANGELOGLOCK table to use. | No |
logLevel | Deprecated: Specifies one of the following logging levels: debug, info, warning, severe, off. The default level is info. | No |
Parameters specified as nested elements
classpath
The classpath used to run the task with. Optional.
database
Required unless a databaseref
attribute is given. See database data type.
changelogparameters
Optional. See changelog Property Substitution.