Liquibase

For NetBeans users, there is a Liquibase plugin now available.

The current, 0.2 version implements rudimentary support and concentrates on the most needed functionality.

Features:

• Database connections stored in the Database Explorer plugin, so the developer doesn’t have to separately maintain the registry of connections.
• Executing a changeset by simply selecting it in the File or Project explorer windows and call the execution from a context menu action. The database connection can be selected during the execution
• A formatted log is displayed in the Output Window about the execution of the changeset, so the developer is properly informed if the changeset execution has failed.
• Custom icon for the Liquibase changeset files, so they can better distinguished from the ordinary files.

More information: http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/38564/liquorice-core

Now that the Grails Database Migration plugin has had its first release, I will no longer continue maintaining a the Liquibase Grails plugin past the current 1.9.x series.

Although the Database Migration plugin is still at version 0.1, it is based on Liquibase 2.0 and will get the attention and expertise that I was not able to give my version. For those of you using Liquibase 1.9, the old plugin will still be available and updated, but I will not release a new version of it built on Liquibase 2.0+.

The Database Migration plugin includes all the functionality in the old plugin, plus support for Groovy DSL changelogs rather than XML, GORM, and more.

Teradata support is now available as an extension for Liquibase 2.0. The extension was created by Xavier Poinsard and can be downloaded from http://liquibase.jira.com/wiki/display/CONTRIB/Teradata+extension

For more information on available Liquibase extensions and how to write your own, see the extension portal