Oracle Ignore Whitespace Setting

Description

Ignores whitespace (e.g. newlines, tabs, spaces) in PL/SQL blocks when comparing databases.

Note: whitespace in object names isn't ignored. White space PL/SQL blocks won't be ignored when the databases are deployed.

Type

Boolean

Default

true

Usage

Flyway Desktop

This can be set from the comparison options settings in Oracle projects.

Command-line

./flyway diff -redgateCompare.oracle.options.ignores.ignoreWhitespace=false

TOML Configuration File

[redgateCompare.oracle.options.ignores]
ignoreWhitespace = true

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