I use H2 in a Spring Boot application with the following h2 config: jdbc:h2:./my-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_UPPER=false;MODE=mysql
I have two tables, called read_from_here write_to_here with identical DDL. The application only reads from read_from_here. A long processing job writes new rows to the write_to_here table. I then want to swap these tables so write_to_here is renamed to read_from_here. I attempt to do this with the following query: @Transactional fun swap(): Either<Throwable, Unit> = Either.catch { jdbcTemplate.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS read_from_here; ALTER TABLE write_to_here RENAME TO read_from_here;") } I assumed because this runs in a single transaction that the rename is atomic. But it appears that queries that selects from read_from_here fail during the swap because read_from_here no longer exists during a brief period. How should I perform an atomic rename of the tables so there is no downtime? -- This e-mail and any attachments hereto are intended for the designated recipient(s) only. It may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. If you have received this communication unintentionally, please inform us immediately by return email, and ensure that the original message and copies, attachments, and printouts relating thereto are permanently deleted. Thank you. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. E-mail is susceptible to interception by third parties, data corruption, tampering, unauthorised amendment, and viruses in connection with its transmission. We do not accept liability for any such interception, corruption, tampering, amendment or viruses, or any consequence thereof. E-mails and attachments thereto sent or received by us may contain personal data. The privacy notice <https://www.budbee.com/en/external-privacy-notice> applicable to our processing of personal data is available on our website at www.budbee.com <https://www.budbee.com> *Please consider the environment before printing this email* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "H2 Database" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to h2-database+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/h2-database/32dc641e-99fb-4b56-94b4-814a0c0942efn%40googlegroups.com.