Upgrade to Java 11 Coming in Next Release

v7.18 is the last release to ship with Java 8. Future versions will ship with and require Java 11. If your installation uses a different JRE than the one bundled with Liquibase Enterprise, you will need to update this to Java 11 prior to installing future versions.

Deprecation of the Oracle Accelerator JDBC Driver

Because of a change in deployment trends and continued improvement of the performance of Datical DB, the Oracle Accelerator JDBC Driver (compression driver) was removed from our driver repository in versions 7.16 and higher.  The driver was previously available with versions 7.15 and lower.

Deprecation of the “Deployer” License

v7.18 will be the last release to support the Deployer license type. If you are using this type of license to use the Desktop Client, you will need to upgrade to an Admin license prior to installing future versions. To see which license you have installed, go to File → License Manager.

Oracle Backup Optimization in Packager: DAT-9580

In Liquibase v7.18 the default backup method (BackupRestoreOracleDatapump) used by packager for Oracle databases is optimized. The code was modified to capture log output more efficiently. This may result in significant performance gains when backing up Oracle REFDBs containing a large number of objects.

Stored Logic State

In release 7.13 and later, we discovered that existing stored logic was in an UNKNOWN state on a Deploy report, which caused deployment to fail. We have reviewed desired behavior and will implement a storedLogicValidityAction to warn, not error, when pre-existing objects that are not part of the deployment show changes from Valid to Invalid. (DAT-9156)

Limited Forecast does not include autoSynonymForObjects changeset schemas in profiling

In release 7.13 and later, if you use Limited Forecast in Oracle multi-schema projects with auto synonyms, you might get errors about the schema targeted by an auto synonym change being for a schema that cannot be managed, even though that schema is included in the project definition. If you encounter such errors with version 7.18, use Full Forecast instead of Limited Forecast. (DAT-8757)

Missing SSH Preferences in Liquibase Enterprise & Business GUI

After upgrading Datical DB to later versions, you might have issues with the SSH feature being unavailable to generate the SSH key via the Eclipse GUI. To return SSH in Preferences, follow these steps:

1. In the Datical DB GUI, select Help > Install New Software.

2. In the Work with field of the Install dialog box, paste in this link: https://download.eclipse.org/releases/2018-12 then hit enter.

3. Expand open the Collaboration category.

4. Enable the checkbox to select Git integration for Eclipse, and then select Next to install it.

5. When it finishes installing, you will be prompted to restart.

6. Open File > Preferences > General > Network Connections. You should now have a new SSH2 option under Network Connections.

Liquibase Enterprise & Business cannot pick up SQLPATH environment variable on Windows

In release 7.6 and later, we updated the version of instantclient, which provides SQLPLUS 12.2.0.1.0. This version of SQLPLUS contains a bug: SQL PLUS 12.2 NOT OBSERVING SQLPATH IN REGISTRY OR ENV VARIABLE FOR LOGIN.SQL. As a workaround, use SQLPLUS 12.1 on Windows. (DAT-7598)