Flyway Gotchas

Explaining some of the 'gotchas' that can trip up the unwary Flyway user, and how to avoid them. One or two of these you'll encounter quickly, such as the case-sensitivity of parameters and arguments. Others, such as potential problems with undo scripts or running scripted callbacks, only when you are tackling more complex development processes. Read more

A Programmer’s Guide to Flyway Configuration

Phil Factor offers a programmer's guide to Flyway's configuration settings, explaining the different categories of parameters, the role of each of parameter within each category, and how to exploit Flyway's multi-level configuration file system. Read more

Exploring the Flyway Schema History Table

Flyway uses a schema history table to track the version of each database, recording in it every versioned migration file applied to build that version. It's worth understanding exactly how Flyway uses this table, the possible dangers of moving it to a non-default location and how to do it safely, if required. Read more

Flyway Teams and the Problem of Database Variants

The 'ShouldExecute' script configuration option in Flyway Teams simplifies 'conditional execution' of SQL migration files. This makes it easier to support multiple application versions from the same Flyway project, to deal with different cultural or legislative requirements. It also helps developers handle environmental differences between development, test and staging, such as the need to support multiple versions or releases of the RDBMS. Read more

Flyway Without the Typing

How to use Flyway configuration files to minimize typing during ad-hoc development from PowerShell or DOS; you just type in the Flyway commands you need and hit "go" and the config files take care of all the tiresome connection, authentication and project details. Read more

Batch 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 more

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