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Database Migration |
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Like source code, the structure of a database is evolving as we develop and maintain |
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a database-driven application. For example, during development, we may want to |
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add a new table; or after the application is put into production, we may realize |
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the need of adding an index on a column. It is important to keep track of these |
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structural database changes (called **migration**) like we do with our source |
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code. If the source code and the database are out of sync, it is very likely |
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the whole system may break. For this reason, Yii provides a database migration |
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tool that can keep track of database migration history, apply new migrations, |
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or revert existing ones. |
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The following steps show how we can use database migration during development: |
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1. Tim creates a new migration (e.g. create a new table) |
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2. Tim commits the new migration into source control system (e.g. GIT, Mercurial) |
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3. Doug updates from source control system and receives the new migration |
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4. Doug applies the migration to his local development database |
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Yii supports database migration via the `yiic migrate` command line tool. This |
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tool supports creating new migrations, applying/reverting/redoing migrations, and |
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showing migration history and new migrations. |
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Creating Migrations |
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To create a new migration (e.g. create a news table), we run the following command: |
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yiic migrate/create <name> |
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~~~ |
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The required `name` parameter specifies a very brief description of the migration |
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(e.g. `create_news_table`). As we will show in the following, the `name` parameter |
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is used as part of a PHP class name. Therefore, it should only contain letters, |
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digits and/or underscore characters. |
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~~~ |
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yiic migrate/create create_news_table |
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~~~ |
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The above command will create under the `protected/migrations` directory a new |
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file named `m101129_185401_create_news_table.php` which contains the following |
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initial code: |
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~~~ |
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[php] |
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class m101129_185401_create_news_table extends \yii\db\Migration |
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{ |
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public function up() |
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{ |
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} |
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public function down() |
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{ |
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echo "m101129_185401_create_news_table cannot be reverted.\n"; |
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return false; |
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} |
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} |
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~~~ |
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Notice that the class name is the same as the file name which is of the pattern |
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`m<timestamp>_<name>`, where `<timestamp>` refers to the UTC timestamp (in the |
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format of `yymmdd_hhmmss`) when the migration is created, and `<name>` is taken |
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from the command's `name` parameter. |
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The `up()` method should contain the code implementing the actual database |
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migration, while the `down()` method may contain the code reverting what is |
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done in `up()`. |
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Sometimes, it is impossible to implement `down()`. For example, if we delete |
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table rows in `up()`, we will not be able to recover them in `down()`. In this |
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case, the migration is called irreversible, meaning we cannot roll back to |
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a previous state of the database. In the above generated code, the `down()` |
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method returns `false` to indicate that the migration cannot be reverted. |
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As an example, let's show the migration about creating a news table. |
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~~~ |
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[php] |
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class m101129_185401_create_news_table extends \yii\db\Migration |
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{ |
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public function up() |
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{ |
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$this->db->createCommand()->createTable('tbl_news, array( |
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'id' => 'pk', |
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'title' => 'string NOT NULL', |
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'content' => 'text', |
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))->execute(); |
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} |
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public function down() |
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{ |
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$this->db->createCommand()->dropTable('tbl_news')->execute(); |
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} |
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} |
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~~~ |
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The base class [\yii\db\Migration] exposes a database connection via `db` |
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property. You can use it for manipulating data and schema of a database. |
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Transactional Migrations |
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While performing complex DB migrations, we usually want to make sure that each |
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migration succeed or fail as a whole so that the database maintains the |
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consistency and integrity. In order to achieve this goal, we can exploit |
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DB transactions. |
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We could explicitly start a DB transaction and enclose the rest of the DB-related |
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code within the transaction, like the following: |
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~~~ |
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[php] |
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class m101129_185401_create_news_table extends \yii\db\Migration |
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{ |
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public function up() |
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{ |
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$transaction=$this->getDbConnection()->beginTransaction(); |
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try |
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{ |
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$this->db->createCommand()->createTable('tbl_news, array( |
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'id' => 'pk', |
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'title' => 'string NOT NULL', |
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'content' => 'text', |
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))->execute(); |
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$transaction->commit(); |
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} |
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catch(Exception $e) |
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{ |
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echo "Exception: ".$e->getMessage()."\n"; |
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$transaction->rollback(); |
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return false; |
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} |
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} |
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// ...similar code for down() |
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} |
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~~~ |
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> Note: Not all DBMS support transactions. And some DB queries cannot be put |
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> into a transaction. In this case, you will have to implement `up()` and |
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> `down()`, instead. And for MySQL, some SQL statements may cause |
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> [implicit commit](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/implicit-commit.html). |
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Applying Migrations |
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To apply all available new migrations (i.e., make the local database up-to-date), |
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run the following command: |
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~~~ |
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yiic migrate |
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The command will show the list of all new migrations. If you confirm to apply |
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the migrations, it will run the `up()` method in every new migration class, one |
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after another, in the order of the timestamp value in the class name. |
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After applying a migration, the migration tool will keep a record in a database |
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table named `tbl_migration`. This allows the tool to identify which migrations |
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have been applied and which are not. If the `tbl_migration` table does not exist, |
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the tool will automatically create it in the database specified by the `db` |
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application component. |
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Sometimes, we may only want to apply one or a few new migrations. We can use the |
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following command: |
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~~~ |
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yiic migrate/up 3 |
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~~~ |
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This command will apply the 3 new migrations. Changing the value 3 will allow |
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us to change the number of migrations to be applied. |
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We can also migrate the database to a specific version with the following command: |
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yiic migrate/to 101129_185401 |
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That is, we use the timestamp part of a migration name to specify the version |
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that we want to migrate the database to. If there are multiple migrations between |
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the last applied migration and the specified migration, all these migrations |
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will be applied. If the specified migration has been applied before, then all |
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migrations applied after it will be reverted (to be described in the next section). |
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Reverting Migrations |
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To revert the last one or several applied migrations, we can use the following |
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command: |
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yiic migrate/down [step] |
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where the optional `step` parameter specifies how many migrations to be reverted |
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back. It defaults to 1, meaning reverting back the last applied migration. |
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As we described before, not all migrations can be reverted. Trying to revert |
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such migrations will throw an exception and stop the whole reverting process. |
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Redoing Migrations |
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Redoing migrations means first reverting and then applying the specified migrations. |
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This can be done with the following command: |
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~~~ |
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yiic migrate/redo [step] |
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where the optional `step` parameter specifies how many migrations to be redone. |
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It defaults to 1, meaning redoing the last migration. |
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Showing Migration Information |
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Besides applying and reverting migrations, the migration tool can also display |
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the migration history and the new migrations to be applied. |
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yiic migrate/history [limit] |
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yiic migrate/new [limit] |
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where the optional parameter `limit` specifies the number of migrations to be |
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displayed. If `limit` is not specified, all available migrations will be displayed. |
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The first command shows the migrations that have been applied, while the second |
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command shows the migrations that have not been applied. |
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Modifying Migration History |
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Sometimes, we may want to modify the migration history to a specific migration |
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version without actually applying or reverting the relevant migrations. This |
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often happens when developing a new migration. We can use the following command |
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to achieve this goal. |
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yiic migrate/mark 101129_185401 |
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This command is very similar to `yiic migrate/to` command, except that it only |
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modifies the migration history table to the specified version without applying |
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or reverting the migrations. |
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Customizing Migration Command |
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There are several ways to customize the migration command. |
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### Use Command Line Options |
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The migration command comes with four options that can be specified in command |
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line: |
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* `interactive`: boolean, specifies whether to perform migrations in an |
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interactive mode. Defaults to true, meaning the user will be prompted when |
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performing a specific migration. You may set this to false should the |
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migrations be done in a background process. |
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* `migrationPath`: string, specifies the directory storing all migration class |
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files. This must be specified in terms of a path alias, and the corresponding |
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directory must exist. If not specified, it will use the `migrations` |
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sub-directory under the application base path. |
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* `migrationTable`: string, specifies the name of the database table for storing |
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migration history information. It defaults to `tbl_migration`. The table |
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* `connectionID`: string, specifies the ID of the database application component. |
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* `templateFile`: string, specifies the path of the file to be served as the code |
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template for generating the migration classes. This must be specified in terms |
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of a path alias (e.g. `application.migrations.template`). If not set, an |
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internal template will be used. Inside the template, the token `{ClassName}` |
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will be replaced with the actual migration class name. |
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To specify these options, execute the migrate command using the following format |
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yiic migrate/up --option1=value1 --option2=value2 ... |
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For example, if we want to migrate for a `forum` module whose migration files |
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are located within the module's `migrations` directory, we can use the following |
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command: |
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yiic migrate/up --migrationPath=ext.forum.migrations |
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### Configure Command Globally |
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While command line options allow us to configure the migration command |
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on-the-fly, sometimes we may want to configure the command once for all. |
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For example, we may want to use a different table to store the migration history, |
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or we may want to use a customized migration template. We can do so by modifying |
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the console application's configuration file like the following, |
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TBD |
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Now if we run the `migrate` command, the above configurations will take effect |
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without requiring us to enter the command line options every time. |
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