# Copy database fields from development to live?

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322>\
**Category:** Database\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322 "2020-01-03T11:02:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/morgan/32/54207_2.png) [@morgan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/morgan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/1 "2020-01-03T11:02:20Z")

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I know how to copy data between development and live databases but how do I copy the whole development database across to live? I must be missing something, surely we don’t need to recreate all the fields again in Live?

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**Author:** ![rmorgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/rmorgan/32/51922_2.png) [@rmorgan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/rmorgan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/2 "2020-01-03T19:42:40Z")

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Data types and fields move from development to live when you deploy your app. Copying data does just that—it copies the data, not the structure that contains it.

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**Author:** ![morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/morgan/32/54207_2.png) [@morgan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/morgan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/3 "2020-01-03T21:32:08Z")

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Thanks for that I realised that not long after writing, must’ve been the late night!

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**Author:** ![rmorgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/rmorgan/32/51922_2.png) [@rmorgan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/rmorgan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/4 "2020-01-03T21:41:59Z")

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Ah, nice! Sometimes all your brain needs is to ask the question 🙂

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**Author:** ![edward.brandler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/edward.brandler/32/58815_2.png) [@edward.brandler](https://forum.bubble.io/u/edward.brandler)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/5 "2020-05-04T13:43:56Z")

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Is there no way, then, to copy the schema over if you make edits to it on Dev, @rmorgan?

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**Author:** ![edward.brandler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/edward.brandler/32/58815_2.png) [@edward.brandler](https://forum.bubble.io/u/edward.brandler)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/6 "2020-05-04T13:52:48Z")

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oooh - solved here: [Problem getting dev data into live database](http://forum.bubble.io/t/problem-getting-dev-data-into-live-database/73689/2)

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**Author:** ![kheswaphilani222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47c2d/32.png) [@kheswaphilani222](https://forum.bubble.io/u/kheswaphilani222)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/copy-database-fields-from-development-to-live/75322/7 "2024-09-16T22:00:39Z")

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How long does it actually take to transfer development database to live database on average it been a week now I’m getting worried