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Flyway Database Drift and How it Happens
Flyway's approach to database migrations is based on strict versioning, but there is a limit to what a single process can do to prevent 'drift'. This article explains how drift can happen, and why you also need source control and external processes that log changes, to prevent it. Read moreUsing Flyway Teams with SQL Change Automation PowerShell Cmdlets
Use Flyway to run your database migrations, each time automatically creating a SQL Change Automation release object to provide object-level scripts and a build script for the new version, along with change reports and code analysis reports. Read moreDry Runs for Database Migrations using Flyway
How Dry Run scripts work, and how they can be used to deliver a single-script release artifact to Staging, verify placeholder substitutions in SQL migration scripts, and simplify team code reviews. Read moreCreating Idempotent DDL Scripts for Database Migrations
How to write idempotent DDL scripts that Flyway can run several times on a database, such as after a hotfix has already been applied directly to the production database, without causing errors. Read moreDetecting Database Drift during Flyway Database Development
How to detect database drift prior to running a database migration, so that you can be certain that a database hasn't been subject to any 'uncontrolled' changes that could affect the migration or result in untested changes being deployed to production. Read moreBatch Processing using Flyway
How to create a batch file that executes any number of database migration tasks across a range of servers and databases, using Flyway. Read moreFlyway Baselines and Consolidations
Phil Factor demonstrates why we occasionally need to 'baseline' a database, when automating database deployments with Flyway, and a simple way of reducing the number of migration files that are required for a build. Read moreCustomizing Database Deployments using Flyway Callbacks and Placeholders
How to customize a database deployment process using Flyway, demonstrating how to incorporate tasks such stamping a version number into the latest database build, or writing to the SQL Server log. Read moreRedgate Hub
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