Updating domain class in grails

Question

I want to add new fields to a domain class so that it updates the generated table's attributes set. I have a domain class like this,,

Class Book {
String name
  static constraints = {
   name nullable:false
  }

 String toString() {
        return name
 }
}

The GORM generated includes name along with id and version. Now I want to add ISBN to Book domain class as following

 Class Book {
    String name
    String ISBN
      static constraints = {
       name nullable:false
       ISBN nullable:true
      }

     String toString() {
            return name
     }
    }

I don't want to use create-drop in DataSource.groovy because it will delete all my previous data. My DataSource.groovy looks like this,,

 dataSource {
         dbCreate = "update"
         url = "jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433/databaseName"
         username = "username"
         password = "password"
  }

I want GORM to add ISBN field to book table. But its not happening. Where am I wrong ?

I am using sql server 2008 and grails version 2.1.1

injecteer injecteer · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-18T13:33:42

dataSource {
     dbCreate = "update"
}

should do the trick. It updates you db without dropping the tables

Updating domain class in grails

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