Clarify datasource initializer scope

This commit clarifies the scope of the datasource initializr. In
particular, it is not possible to create the schema with that facility
and let Hibernate creates additional tables.

Closes gh-9048
pull/10547/head
Stephane Nicoll 7 years ago
parent 71c15cb65e
commit 7e08e47b75

@ -2136,30 +2136,24 @@ is a Hibernate feature (nothing to do with Spring).
[[howto-initialize-a-database-using-spring-jdbc]]
=== Initialize a database using Spring JDBC
Spring JDBC has a `DataSource` initializer feature. Spring Boot enables it by default and
loads SQL from the standard locations `schema.sql` and `data.sql` (in the root of the
classpath). In addition Spring Boot will load the `schema-${platform}.sql`
and `data-${platform}.sql` files (if present), where
`platform` is the value of `spring.datasource.platform`, e.g. you might choose to set
it to the vendor name of the database (`hsqldb`, `h2`, `oracle`, `mysql`,
`postgresql` etc.). Spring Boot enables the fail-fast feature of the Spring JDBC
initializer by default, so if the scripts cause exceptions the application will fail
to start. The script locations can be changed by setting `spring.datasource.schema` and
`spring.datasource.data`, and neither location will be processed if
`spring.datasource.initialize=false`.
To disable the fail-fast you can set `spring.datasource.continue-on-error=true`. This can be
useful once an application has matured and been deployed a few times, since the scripts
can act as '`poor man's migrations`' -- inserts that fail mean that the data is already
there, so there would be no need to prevent the application from running, for instance.
If you want to use the `schema.sql` initialization in a JPA app (with
Hibernate) then `ddl-auto=create-drop` will lead to errors if
Hibernate tries to create the same tables. To avoid those errors set
`ddl-auto` explicitly to "" (preferable) or "none". Whether or not you use
`ddl-auto=create-drop` you can always use `data.sql` to initialize new
data.
=== Initialize a database
Spring Boot can automatically create the schema (DDL scripts) of your `DataSource` and
initialize it (DML scripts): it loads SQL from the standard root classpath locations
`schema.sql` and `data.sql`, respectively. In addition Spring Boot will process the
`schema-${platform}.sql` and `data-${platform}.sql` files (if present), where `platform`
is the value of `spring.datasource.platform`. This allows you to switch to database
specific scripts if necessary, e.g. you might choose to set it to the vendor name of the
database (`hsqldb`, `h2`, `oracle`, `mysql`, `postgresql` etc.).
Spring Boot enables the fail-fast feature of the Spring JDBC initializer by default, so if
the scripts cause exceptions the application will fail to start. You can tune that using
`spring.datasource.continue-on-error`.
NOTE: In a JPA-based app, you can choose to let Hibernate create the schema or use
`schema.sql` but not both. Make sure to disable `spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto` if you
chose the later.
You can also disable initialization by setting `spring.datasource.initialize` to `false`.

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