Migrations
This section describes the DDL commands pertaining to migrations.
Like all DDL commands, start migration
and other migration commands are considered low-level. Users are encouraged to use the built-in migration tools instead.
Start migration
Start a migration block.
start migration to "{"
sdl-declaration ;
[ ... ]
"}" ;
Parameters
sdl-declaration
Complete schema defined with the declarative EdgeDB schema definition language.
Description
The command start migration
defines a migration of the schema to a new state. The target schema state is described using SDL and describes the entire schema. This is important to remember when creating a migration to add a few more things to an existing schema as all the existing schema objects and the new ones must be included in the start migration
command. Objects that aren’t included in the command will be removed from the new schema (which may result in data loss).
This command also starts a transaction block if not inside a transaction already.
While inside a migration block, all issued EdgeQL statements are not executed immediately and are instead recorded to be part of the migration script. Aside from normal EdgeQL commands the following special migration commands are available:
describe current migration – return a list of statements currently recorded as part of the migration;
populate migration – auto-populate the migration with system-generated DDL statements to achieve the target schema state;
abort migration – abort the migration block and discard the migration;
commit migration – commit the migration by executing the migration script statements and recording the migration into the system migration log.
Examples
Create a new migration to a target schema specified by the EdgeDB Schema syntax:
start migration to {
module default {
type User {
property username -> str;
};
};
};
create migration
Create a new migration using an explicit EdgeQL script.
create migration "{"
edgeql-statement ;
[ ... ]
"}" ;
Parameters
edgeql-statement
Any valid EdgeQL statement, except database
, role
, configure
, migration
, or transaction
statements.
Description
The command create migration
executes all the nested EdgeQL commands and records the migration into the system migration log.
Examples
Create a new migration to a target schema specified by the EdgeDB Schema syntax:
create migration {
create type default::User {
create property username -> str;
}
};
Abort migration
Abort the current migration block and discard the migration.
abort migration ;
Description
The command abort migration
is used to abort a migration block started by start migration. Issuing abort migration
outside of a migration block is an error.
Examples
Start a migration block and then abort it:
start migration to {
module default {
type User;
};
};
abort migration;
Populate migration
Populate the current migration with system-generated statements.
populate migration ;
Description
The command populate migration
is used within a migration block started by start migration to automatically fill the migration with system-generated statements to achieve the desired target schema state. If the system is unable to automatically find a satisfactory sequence of statements to perform the migration, an error is returned. Issuing populate migration
outside of a migration block is also an error.
The statements generated by populate migration
may drop schema objects, which may result in data loss. Make sure to inspect the generated migration using describe current migration before running commit migration!
Examples
Start a migration block and populate it with auto-generated statements.
start migration to {
module default {
type User;
};
};
populate migration;
Describe current migration
Describe the migration in the current migration block.
describe current migration [ as {ddl | json} ];
Description
The command describe current migration
generates a description of the migration in the current migration block in the specified output format:
as ddl
Show a sequence of statements currently recorded as part of the migration using valid DDL syntax. The output will indicate if the current migration is fully defined, i.e. the recorded statements bring the schema to the state specified by start migration.
as jaon
Provide a machine-readable description of the migration using the following JSON format:
{
// Name of the parent migration
"parent": "<parent-migraiton-name>",
// Whether the confirmed DDL makes the migration complete,
// i.e. there are no more statements to issue.
"complete": {true|false},
// List of confirmed migration statements
"confirmed": [
"<stmt text>",
...
],
// The variants of the next statement
// suggested by the system to advance
// the migration script.
"proposed": {
"statements": [{
"text": "<stmt text template>"
}],
"required-user-input": [
{
"placeholder": "<placeholder variable>",
"prompt": "<statement prompt>",
},
...
],
"confidence": (0..1), // confidence coefficient
"prompt": "<operation prompt>",
"prompt_id": "<prompt id>",
// Whether the operation is considered to be non-destructive.
"data_safe": {true|false}
}
}
Where:
<stmt text>
Regular statement text.
<stmt text template>
Statement text template with interpolation points using the
\(name)
syntax.<placeholder variable>
The name of an interpolation variable in the statement text template for which the user prompt is given.
<statement prompt>
The text of a user prompt for an interpolation variable.
<operation prompt>
Prompt for the proposed migration step.
<prompt id>
An opaque string identifier for a particular operation prompt. The client should not repeat prompts with the same prompt id.
Commit migration
Commit the current migration to the database.
commit migration ;
Description
The command commit migration
executes all the commands defined by the current migration and records the migration as the most recent migration in the database.
Issuing commit migration
outside of a migration block initiated by start migration is an error.
Example
Create and execute the current migration:
commit migration;