Installing and Upgrading the Flyway CLI

This article demonstrates three ways to install and maintain the Flyway CLI. I start with the easiest way, which is to run it from Docker. Next, is a standard, manual installation on both Windows and Linux, complete with a PowerShell routine that uses aliases to make it easier to keep Flyway up to date and to switch between versions. Finally, I'll describe briefly the advantages and disadvantages of using a Package Manager like Chocolatey. Read more

Getting Started with Flyway Migrations on Oracle

A quick demonstration of using Flyway with Oracle, for those of a nervous disposition. We'll use Flyway to run some migrations on an Oracle Autonomous Database, building the initial version of the database then filling it with development data. Read more

Managing Static Data in Flyway Database Development

If your database application requires 'static data' to function, then the best way to manage that data is using a view based on a derived table. This article demonstrates ways to create these views, depending on your RDBMS's capabilities, and how to build and manage them in development work, using Flyway and PowerShell. Read more

Getting Started with Flyway CLI and any RDBMS

How to get started with Flyway, as simply as possible, using PowerShell. This article provides a practice set of Flyway migration scripts that will build the original pubs database on either SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB or SQLite and then migrate it from version to version, making a series of improvements to its schema design. Read more

Implementing a Database Versioning System

Database versioning brings more control to team-based database development and helps avoid many of the errors that often creep into database delivery. This article explains all the requirements of a semantic versioning system for databases, from specifying the format of the version numbers, to deciding where to store them and how to process and compare them. Read more

Flyway with MariaDB for Those of a Nervous Disposition

This article will get you up and running quickly with Flyway migrations on MariaDB or MySQL databases, from PowerShell. Read more

Flyway with SQLite for Those of a Nervous Disposition

Get started with running Flyway migrations on SQLite databases, using PowerShell. Read more

Getting Started with Flyway Migrations on PostgreSQL

Use PowerShell to run some Flyway migration scripts that will build, fill and modify a PostgreSQL database. Read more

Getting Started with Flyway and SQL Server

Phil Factor explains how to get started with Flyway, as simply as possible, using PowerShell. This article provides a practice set of database automation scripts that will build a SQL Server database, and then update it, running a series of migrations scripts that make some schema alterations, and load the database with test data. Read more

Managing database changes using Flyway: an Overview

This article describes the principles of using Flyway migrations to build a database from scripts, to a specified version, and to track, manage and apply all database changes. Read more

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