4.1. Importing script files

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To customize the schema generation process, the `hibernate.hbm2ddl.import_files` configuration property must be used to provide other scripts files that Hibernate can use when the `SessionFactory` is started.

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For instance, considering the following `schema-generation.sql` import file:

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<pre class="prettyprint highlight">`create sequence book_sequence start with 1 increment by 1`</pre>
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If we configure Hibernate to import the script above:

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<div class="title">Example 215. Enabling query cache</div>
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<pre class="prettyprint highlight">`&lt;property
    name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.import_files"
    value="schema-generation.sql" /&gt;`</pre>
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Hibernate is going to execute the script file after the schema is automatically generated.

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