# Substreams Sink Database Changes
[](https://github.com/streamingfast/substreams-sink-database-changes)
[](https://crates.io/crates/substreams-database-change)
[](https://docs.rs/substreams-database-change)
[](https://github.com/streamingfast/substreams-sink-database-changes/actions?query=branch%3Adevelop)
> `substreams-sink-database-changes` contains all the definitions for database changes which can be emitted by a substream.
## Used by
- [substreams-sink-postgres](https://github.com/streamingfast/substreams-sink-postgres)
- [substreams-sink-mongodb](https://github.com/streamingfast/substreams-sink-mongodb)
## Install
```bash
# The Rust crate is named substreams-database-change for historical reasons
cargo add substreams-database-change
```
## Quickstart
**Cargo.toml**
```toml
[dependencies]
substreams = "0.5"
substreams-database-change = "1.0"
```
**src/lib.rs**
```rust
use substreams::errors::Error;
use substreams_database_change::pb::database::{DatabaseChanges, table_change::Operation};
#[substreams::handlers::map]
fn db_out(
... some stores ...
) -> Result {
// Initialize Database Changes container
let mut database_changes: DatabaseChanges = Default::default();
// Push change
database_changes.push_change("transfer", "primary-key", 0, Operation::Create)
.change("key1", ("previous1", "value1"))
.change("key2", ("previous2", "value2"));
Ok(database_changes)
}
```
### Re-generate Protobuf
Be sure to have `buf` CLI installed (https://buf.build/docs/installation/) and run:
```bash
buf generate proto
```