Data migrations (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/prisma-migrate/workflows/data-migration)

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How to migrate data using Prisma ORM with the expand and contract pattern.

Location: ORM > v6 > Prisma Migrate > Workflows > Data migrations

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• Baselining a database: How to initialize a migration history for an existing database that contains important data.
• Customizing migrations: How to edit a migration file before applying it to avoid data loss in production.
• Development and production: Development and production
• Generating down migrations: How to generate down migrations
• Native database functions: How to enable PostgreSQL native database functions for projects that use Prisma Migrate.