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updateDatabase Ant Task

Applies un-run changes to the database.

Sample

<target name="update-database" depends="prepare">
    <fail unless="db.changelog.file">db.changelog.file not set</fail>
    <fail unless="database.url">database.url not set</fail>
 
    <fail unless="database.username">database.username not set</fail>
    <fail unless="database.password">database.password not set</fail>
 
    <taskdef resource="liquibasetasks.properties">
        <classpath refid="classpath"/>
 
    </taskdef>
 
    <updateDatabase
            changeLogFile="${db.changelog.file}"
            driver="${database.driver}"
            url="${database.url}"
            username="${database.username}"
            password="${database.password}"
            promptOnNonLocalDatabase="${prompt.user.if.not.local.database}"
            dropFirst="false"
            classpathref="classpath"
    />
 
</target>

Available Parameters

changeLogFile The change log file to run
driver The name of the database driver to connect with
url The database URL
username The database username to connect with
password The password to use when connecting to the database
defaultSchemaName Schema to use by default for managed database objects and LiquiBase control tables
outputFile Save SQL to given file rather than executing
promptOnNonLocalDatabase If set to true (default is false) a dialog box with warn you if you attempt to run the LiquiBase against a database that is not on localhost
dropFirst If set to true, LiquiBase will first drop all database objects owned by the connected user [defaults to FALSE]
classpathref A reference to the classpath that contains the database driver, liquibase.jar, and the changelog.xml file
contexts A comma separated list of contexts to execute. If not specified, all contexts are run.
currentDateTimeFunction Overrides current date time function used in SQL. Useful for unsupported databases

Available Sub Tags

changeLogProperty Sets a changelog parameters set Since LiquiBase 1.7

Available <changeLogProperty> Parameters

name The name of the property to set
value The value of the property to set