# Change database content

**URL:** <https://forum.liquibase.org/t/change-database-content/4047>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/change-database-content/4047 "2019-11-13T14:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Couas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@Couas](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/Couas)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/change-database-content/4047/1 "2019-11-13T14:42:00Z")

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Hi

Could i use liquibase to change datas in database ?

I want changing an user’s password ?

Regards

Phil

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**Author:** ![un1382561729492r88id](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c4cdca/32.png) [@un1382561729492r88id](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/un1382561729492r88id)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/change-database-content/4047/2 "2019-11-13T14:42:00Z")

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While you COULD use Liquibase for doing this, I would not recommend this. In general, Liquibase should be used for:

- changing the structure of your database (what tables exist, the columns, etc.)&nbsp;

- changing the programmability features (stored procedures, functions, etc.)

- changing “reference data” in your database - this would be data that does not change often - a table that has a list of stores for a company, or a lookup table for US States.

- For populating DEV and TEST&nbsp; database instances with ‘sample data’

Using it to change a users password is probably not a good use case. Firstly, passwords should always be managed by the user themselves. Secondly, passwords should never be stored in a database in plain text.&nbsp;

Steve Donie  
Principal Software Engineer  
Datical, Inc. [http://www.datical.com/](http://www.datical.com/)