====== Database Refactoring With LiquiBase ======

LiquiBase is an open source (LGPL), DBMS-independent library for tracking, managing and applying database changes. It is built on a simple premise: //All database changes (structure and data) are stored in an XML-based descriptive manner and checked into source control//.

While there have been many attempts to provide a similar tool, LiquiBase aims to provide a solution that:

Supports merging of changes from multiple developers
    * Works well with code branches
    * [[ide:home|A Database Refactoring IDE-Plugin]] (short [[http://www.liquibase.org/demos/ide_demo_0_6.htm|demo]])
    * Isn't DBMS-specific
    * Allows you to manage production data as well as various test datasets
    * Works in an environment where multiple machines will be attempting to migrate the database concurrently
    * Supports automated change-applying or generation of SQL scripts that can be approved and applied by a DBA
    * Supports [[manual/rollback|rolling back changes]]
    * Can create database "[[manual:diff|diff]]"s and can generate change logs from them
    * Can auto-generate database [[manual:dbdoc|change documentation]]

While we are currently focused on the core Java-based migrator functionality, additional features planned include:

    * Data extraction for generating test datasets
    * Unit testing infrastructure
    * .Net support
    * [[future|And more]]


====== Getting Started ======

[[download|Download LiquiBase]], read our [[quickstart|Quick-Start Guide]] and join our [[community|Mailing List]]


====== Overview ======

View a short (6 minute) overview of LiquiBase and more are available in the [[training]] section.

====== LiquiBase Supporters ======

We would like to thank [[http://www.sundog.net|Sundog]] for their generous support of time and resources.