def run_migrations_online():
    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.

    In this scenario we need to create an Engine
    and associate a connection with the context.

    """

    # this callback is used to prevent an auto-migration from being generated
    # when there are no changes to the schema
    # reference: https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/cookbook.html
    def process_revision_directives(context, revision, directives):
        if getattr(config.cmd_opts, 'autogenerate', False):
            script = directives[0]
            if script.upgrade_ops.is_empty():
                directives[:] = []
                logger.info('No changes in schema detected.')

    engine = engine_from_config(config.get_section(config.config_ini_section),
                                prefix='sqlalchemy.',
                                poolclass=pool.NullPool)

    connection = engine.connect()
    kwargs = {}
    if engine.name in ('sqlite', 'mysql'):
        kwargs = {
            'transaction_per_migration': True,
            'transactional_ddl': True,
        }
    configure_args = current_app.extensions['migrate'].configure_args
    if configure_args:
        kwargs.update(configure_args)

    context.configure(connection=connection,
                      target_metadata=target_metadata,
                      # compare_type=True,
                      process_revision_directives=process_revision_directives,
                      **kwargs)

    try:
        with context.begin_transaction():
            context.run_migrations()
    finally:
        connection.close()