Generate DDL with spring boot using a custom delimiter

Question

I want generate create and drop ddl scripts using spring boot v1.4.3 with JPA - Hibernate 5.0.11.

Most answers I found use the javax.persistence.schema-generati

Answer 1

You might want to try setting the following Hibernate property:

spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.hbm2ddl.delimiter=;

#in addition to the other standard JPA properties you refered to, namely:
spring.jpa.properties.javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.action=create
spring.jpa.properties.javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.create-target=create.sql

I found this to do the job in a Spring Boot 2.1.2.RELEASE + matching Hibernate version (5.3.7.Final) project where I needed the same feature.

It might very well work on your not-so-different Hibernate environment.

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Slightly off-topic, but one issue I have remains: Hibernate appends to create.sql. I whish I found a way to have it replace the file contents.