Here is a workaround that worked for me (assuming the use of the Maven plugin):
Configure the plugin with two executions. The first execution creates the database. The second execution migrates an existing database.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
<artifactId>flyway-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${flyway.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>create-db</id>
<goals>
<goal>migrate</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<driver>org.postgresql.Driver</driver>
<url>jdbc:postgresql://database-server/</url>
<user>postgres</user>
<password>password</password>
<placeholders>
<DATABASE.NAME>MyDatabase</DATABASE.NAME>
</placeholders>
<locations>
<location>com/foo/bar/database/create</location>
</locations>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>migrate-db</id>
<goals>
<goal>migrate</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<driver>org.postgresql.Driver</driver>
<url>jdbc:postgresql://database-server/MyDatabase</url>
<user>postgres</user>
<password>password</password>
<locations>
<location>com/foo/bar/database/migrate</location>
</locations>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<version>${postgresql.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
Then add V1__Created_database.sql
to the com/foo/bar/database/create
directory. This file contains:
CREATE DATABASE ${DATABASE.NAME}