Modifying generated SQL

Although Liquibase supports most standard SQL statements with its Change Types, there are times when you need the generated SQL to be different. The following examples show how to change data types or add additional vendor-specific clauses such as ENGINE INNODB to CREATE TABLE statements. Since 1.9

Note: Currently, the modifySql attribute is only available in XML, YAML, and JSON formatted changelogs.

Available attributes

Attribute Description
dbms The type of a database for which that changeset will be used. When the migration step is running, it checks the database type against this attribute. To see all database type names, refer to the supported databases page.
You can also do the following:
  • List multiple databases separated by commas
  • Specify that a changeset is not applicable to a particular database type by applying !
  • Specify the keywords all and none
context Specifies the list of Contexts in which to run the SQL modification. If you do not specify any context, every changeset will be applied. Since 2.0
applyToRollback Defines whether the SQL modification should be applied to rollback statements. The default value is false. Since 2.0

Available subtags

Subtag Description Attribute
prepend Adds SQL to the beginning of the statement. value – the text to add to the beginning of the statement.
append Adds SQL to the end of the statement. value – the text to add to the end of the statement.
replace Replaces all instances of the text specified.
  • replace – the text to replace.
  • with – the text with which to replace.

regExpReplace Replaces all instances of the regular expression specified.
  • replace – the regular expression specifying the text to replace.
  • with – the text with which to replace.