====== Database Change Management ======
{{ :sql-database.jpg}} You never develop code without version control, why do you develop your database without it?
Liquibase is an open source (Apache 2.0 Licensed), database-independent library for tracking, managing and applying database changes. It is built on a simple premise: All database changes are stored in a human readable yet trackable form and checked into source control.
Liquibase Supports:
* [[http://liquibase.org/extensions|Extensibility]]
* Merging changes from multiple developers
* Code branches
* [[databases|Multiple Databases]]
* Managing production data as well as various test datasets
* Cluster-safe database upgrades
* Automated updates or generation of SQL scripts that can be approved and applied by a DBA
* [[manual/rollback|Update rollbacks]]
* Database "[[manual:diff|diff]]"s
* Generating starting change logs from existing databases
* Generating [[manual:dbdoc|database change documentation]]
====== Getting Started ======
[[download|Download Liquibase]] and read the [[quickstart|Quick-Start Guide]].
For more information, you can read the [[manual/home]], [[FAQ]], watch the [[training|training videos]], and read 3rd party [[articles]]. If you have questions, visit the [[community|forums]]
====== .NET Port ======
A .NET Port of Liquibase is in the very early stages of forming. If you would like more information or to help out, visit the [[dotnetport|.Net Port page]]
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