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I'm using spring boot with spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create, but when application restarted, all tables drops and creates again. Is there some way to avoiding re-creation for already existing tables?

gorill
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The list of option which is used in the spring boot are

  • validate: validate the schema, makes no changes to the database.
  • update: update the schema.
  • create: creates the schema, destroying previous data.
  • create-drop: drop the schema at the end of the session
  • none: is all other cases.

So for avoiding the data lose you use update

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spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update

hibernate.ddl-auto should usually not be used in production.

samlewis
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