Schemas and clients

rad.schema.yaml describes the tables, columns, relationships, indexes, and defaults your application expects.

rad schema migrate compares that file with the running database. It reports the change before applying it, waits for any required background work, then generates the configured application client.

The generated client contains models and query builders for the accepted schema. If the database and client disagree about the schema version, the client refuses to carry on and asks you to migrate or regenerate it.

See Schemas in Rad for the file format and Manage a schema for the complete workflow.