# Rails migration framework in java

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-migration-framework-in-java/156654>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 31, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-migration-framework-in-java/156654 "2008-12-31T14:14:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ayyanar)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-migration-framework-in-java/156654/1 "2008-12-31T14:14:05Z")

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Hi, Is there any schema framework in java similar to migration framework  
in rails. I heard that hibernate schema framework can do the same. But  
iam not able to compare both since i dont know hibernate. Any help?

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**Author:** ![ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ayyanar)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-migration-framework-in-java/156654/2 "2008-12-31T14:18:40Z")

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There isn’t anything like migrations for Java and Hibernate doesn’t do  
it. Hibernate builds a whole schema based on your models and loads it  
into the database, but it’s just that, you don’t have versions, the  
“up” and “down” approach or anything like that.

It would be like having only the schema.rb file.

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Maurício Linhares  
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On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Ayyanar Aswathaman