Scripting Databases with Flyway Enterprise CLI

This article will cover the basics of the Flyway generate command and how it can auto-generate several types of Flyway migration scripts. This includes versioned migrations that, after testing, can be used to deploy changes, and baseline migration and undo scripts that are useful for a range of development tasks. Read more

Automating Flyway Desktop Development using the Flyway CLI

This article is for any developers who want to learn how to use the Flyway CLI to automate the database development workflow used in the Flyway Desktop GUI, where we capture the schema changes made to a local development database, and then use schema comparison to auto-generate and validate a Flyway versioned migration script. Read more

Splatting in Flyway to Avoid Tedious Typing

This article covers splatting, explaining the advantages of using it with Flyway. We create reusable parameter sets and combine them as needed, using PowerShell. This simplifies multi-parameter Flyway commands, and makes it easier to execute consecutive Flyway operations within a pipeline. Read more

Comparing Databases and Generating Schema Models with Flyway

This article explains how to compare databases and generate schema models using Flyway Enterprise CLI with PowerShell. It allows developers and DBAs to identify schema differences between environments and create schema models that capture the current state of a database, making it easier to track and review changes over time. Read more

Dynamic Alerting on Processor (CPU) utilization

This article explores dynamic alerting, what it means, why it matters for DBAs, and how it works in Redgate Monitor. Learn how machine learning-driven thresholds increase alert relevance, helping teams focus on real performance issues while saving DBAs time. Read more

Deploying PostgreSQL DB Changes Through AWS Developer Tools Using Flyway

The fundamentals of deploying database changes through Flyway are pretty simple. At the root of it all, there are two words you need to know: This of course comes with a whole set of assumptions. You’ve set up your configuration to connect to the correct database being just one of them. And that’s talking about Read more

Using JSON Output to Track and Log Flyway Migration Activity

Flyway's JSON output provides a lot of useful information about the migrations files, database, and version changes, in a format that automated processes can read and use. This article demonstrates how we can create a Flyway callback that uses this JSON output to automatically send simple, human-readable notifications of what happened during a migration, helping developers stay informed about version changes that could impact their work. Read more

Finding Significant Differences in Flyway SQL Migration Code

This article demonstrates using PowerShell-based tokenization to compare two SQL migration files. It ignores non-functional changes like comments or formatting and pinpoints the first meaningful change in SQL logic, providing detailed feedback on its location and nature. Read more

Monitoring Database Security and Compliance alongside Performance

Managing database security, compliance, and performance across a complex estate is no easy task. Redgate Monitor Enterprise brings all the data you need into one place. This article explores how it helps DBAs track user permissions, ensure configuration compliance, create custom reports, and implement resilient high-availability monitoring. Read more

Defusing Flyway Validation Errors using Smarter Checksum Comparisons

This article provides a scripted SQL tokenizer script that quickly verifies whether a Flyway validation error is a real cause for concern, due to retrospective metadata changes, or just the result of a developer valiantly adding formatting and documentation to improve the code. If the changes are purely cosmetic, we can safely run Flyway repair to resume normal migrations. Read more

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