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Automatically copy migration data in PlanetScale branches

Never accidentally reapply a past migration again! We've removed another barrier to using PlanetScale branches with the framework or migration tool of your choice. Now, you can automatically persist schema changes in your migration table across database branches. Many frameworks and migration tools keep track of database schema changes in a migration table that includes data about what migrations have been applied and in what order. Without that migrations table data, many tools will incorrectly

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Building PlanetScale with PlanetScale

Our mission at PlanetScale is to build the best database for developers, so of course we’ve been using PlanetScale as our primary database since we started. We have high standards for our development workflow and velocity, and we know our customers expect the same. Simply put, if it’s not good enough for us, it won’t be good enough for you. This blog post will talk about how we leverage features like branching and non-blocking schema changes to constantly ship new features to our users. Our loca

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Connect any MySQL client to PlanetScale using Connection Strings

Today, we are excited to share that connection strings are available to all PlanetScale users. As a company that obsesses over making databases more accessible to developers, you might have struggled with why PlanetScale didn’t have a way to connect to your database with connection strings. And we heard you! You can now use the tools you're familiar with to connect to PlanetScale databases, whether that’s with Rails, Python, Prisma, Laravel, or any other MySQL client. Connection strings also ena

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Vercel Blog

Projects can now be transferred to Personal Accounts

As of today, you can  with no workflow interruptions or downtime.transfer projects from Teams to Personal Accounts This is useful when your project no longer requires the functionality offered by Vercel Teams, like working with collaborators. Previously, it was only possible to transfer Vercel projects from Personal Accounts to Teams when a need for collaboration and more advanced functionality arose. Check out as well.the documentation Read more

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