diff --git a/src/driver/cordova/CordovaQueryRunner.ts b/src/driver/cordova/CordovaQueryRunner.ts
index 8308171bea..c87c672d1d 100644
--- a/src/driver/cordova/CordovaQueryRunner.ts
+++ b/src/driver/cordova/CordovaQueryRunner.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import {Broadcaster} from "../../subscriber/Broadcaster";
  * Runs queries on a single sqlite database connection.
  */
 export class CordovaQueryRunner extends AbstractSqliteQueryRunner {
-    
+
     /**
      * Database driver used by connection.
      */
     driver: CordovaDriver;
-    
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Constructor
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class CordovaQueryRunner extends AbstractSqliteQueryRunner {
                     for (let i = 0; i < result.rows.length; i++) {
                         resultSet.push(result.rows.item(i));
                     }
-                    
+
                     ok(resultSet);
                 }
             }, (err: any) => {
@@ -98,6 +98,48 @@ export class CordovaQueryRunner extends AbstractSqliteQueryRunner {
         });
     }*/
 
+    /**
+     * Would start a transaction but this driver does not support transactions.
+     */
+    async startTransaction(): Promise<void> {
+        throw new Error('Transactions are not supported by the Cordova driver')
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Would start a transaction but this driver does not support transactions.
+     */
+    async commitTransaction(): Promise<void> {
+        throw new Error('Transactions are not supported by the Cordova driver')
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Would start a transaction but this driver does not support transactions.
+     */
+    async rollbackTransaction(): Promise<void> {
+        throw new Error('Transactions are not supported by the Cordova driver')
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes all tables from the currently connected database.
+     * Be careful with using this method and avoid using it in production or migrations
+     * (because it can clear all your database).
+     */
+    async clearDatabase(): Promise<void> {
+        await this.query(`PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF;`);
+        try {
+            const selectViewDropsQuery = `SELECT 'DROP VIEW "' || name || '";' as query FROM "sqlite_master" WHERE "type" = 'view'`;
+            const dropViewQueries: ObjectLiteral[] = await this.query(selectViewDropsQuery);
+
+            const selectTableDropsQuery = `SELECT 'DROP TABLE "' || name || '";' as query FROM "sqlite_master" WHERE "type" = 'table' AND "name" != 'sqlite_sequence'`;
+            const dropTableQueries: ObjectLiteral[] = await this.query(selectTableDropsQuery);
+
+            await Promise.all(dropViewQueries.map(q => this.query(q["query"])));
+            await Promise.all(dropTableQueries.map(q => this.query(q["query"])));
+        } finally {
+            await this.query(`PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;`);
+        }
+    }
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Protected Methods
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -108,4 +150,4 @@ export class CordovaQueryRunner extends AbstractSqliteQueryRunner {
     protected parametrize(objectLiteral: ObjectLiteral, startIndex: number = 0): string[] {
         return Object.keys(objectLiteral).map((key, index) => `"${key}"` + "=?");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/schema-builder/RdbmsSchemaBuilder.ts b/src/schema-builder/RdbmsSchemaBuilder.ts
index 84826462d0..bc60958587 100644
--- a/src/schema-builder/RdbmsSchemaBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/schema-builder/RdbmsSchemaBuilder.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,15 @@ export class RdbmsSchemaBuilder implements SchemaBuilder {
         this.queryRunner = this.connection.createQueryRunner();
         // CockroachDB implements asynchronous schema sync operations which can not been executed in transaction.
         // E.g. if you try to DROP column and ADD it again in the same transaction, crdb throws error.
-        if (!(this.connection.driver instanceof CockroachDriver))
+        const isUsingTransactions = (
+            !(this.connection.driver instanceof CockroachDriver) &&
+            this.connection.options.migrationsTransactionMode !== "none"
+        );
+
+        if (isUsingTransactions) {
             await this.queryRunner.startTransaction();
+        }
+
         try {
             const tablePaths = this.entityToSyncMetadatas.map(metadata => metadata.tablePath);
             // TODO: typeorm_metadata table needs only for Views for now.
@@ -83,14 +90,16 @@ export class RdbmsSchemaBuilder implements SchemaBuilder {
             if (this.connection.queryResultCache)
                 await this.connection.queryResultCache.synchronize(this.queryRunner);
 
-            if (!(this.connection.driver instanceof CockroachDriver))
+            if (isUsingTransactions) {
                 await this.queryRunner.commitTransaction();
+            }
 
         } catch (error) {
 
             try { // we throw original error even if rollback thrown an error
-                if (!(this.connection.driver instanceof CockroachDriver))
+                if (isUsingTransactions) {
                     await this.queryRunner.rollbackTransaction();
+                }
             } catch (rollbackError) { }
             throw error;