Working migrations script from resources

src/main/java/datamodel/Database.java

@@ -49,6 +49,28 @@ public class Database {
         }
         return true;
     }
+
+    // Reads a file from the resources folder and returns the content as a string
+    private String readResourceFile(String fileName) {
+        String content = "";
+        try {
+            content = new String(getClass().getResourceAsStream(fileName).readAllBytes());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return content;
+    }
+
+    public void runMigration() {
+        // This path needs to start with a /
+        String migration = readResourceFile("/migration.sql");
+        try {
+            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+            stmt.execute(migration);
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
         
     /**
      * Close the connection to the database.

src/main/java/gui/MainApplication.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application {
 	            alert.setContentText("Could not connect to the database! Check console for details.");
 	            alert.showAndWait();
 	        }
+			db.runMigration();
 		} catch(Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}