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Adds a new column to the named table. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use.
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 261 def add_column(table_name, column_name, type, options = {}) add_column_sql = "ALTER TABLE #{quote_table_name(table_name)} ADD #{quote_column_name(column_name)} #{type_to_sql(type, options[:limit], options[:precision], options[:scale])}" add_column_options!(add_column_sql, options) execute(add_column_sql) end
Adds a new index to the table. column_name
can be a single Symbol, or an Array of Symbols.
The index will be named after the table and the column name(s), unless you
pass :name
as an option.
Examples
Creating a simple index
add_index(:suppliers, :name)
generates
CREATE INDEX suppliers_name_index ON suppliers(name)
Creating a unique index
add_index(:accounts, [:branch_id, :party_id], :unique => true)
generates
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX accounts_branch_id_party_id_index ON accounts(branch_id, party_id)
Creating a named index
add_index(:accounts, [:branch_id, :party_id], :unique => true, :name => 'by_branch_party')
generates
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX by_branch_party ON accounts(branch_id, party_id)
Creating an index with specific key length
add_index(:accounts, :name, :name => 'by_name', :length => 10)
generates
CREATE INDEX by_name ON accounts(name(10)) add_index(:accounts, [:name, :surname], :name => 'by_name_surname', :length => {:name => 10, :surname => 15})
generates
CREATE INDEX by_name_surname ON accounts(name(10), surname(15))
Note: SQLite doesn’t support index length
Creating an index with a sort order (desc or asc, asc is the default)
add_index(:accounts, [:branch_id, :party_id, :surname], :order => {:branch_id => :desc, :part_id => :asc})
generates
CREATE INDEX by_branch_desc_party ON accounts(branch_id DESC, party_id ASC, surname)
Note: mysql doesn’t yet support index order (it accepts the syntax but ignores it)
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 350 def add_index(table_name, column_name, options = {}) index_name, index_type, index_columns = add_index_options(table_name, column_name, options) execute "CREATE #{index_type} INDEX #{quote_column_name(index_name)} ON #{quote_table_name(table_name)} (#{index_columns})" end
Adds timestamps (created_at and updated_at) columns to the named table.
Examples
add_timestamps(:suppliers)
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 446 def assume_migrated_upto_version(version, migrations_paths = ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrations_paths) migrations_paths = Array.wrap(migrations_paths) version = version.to_i sm_table = quote_table_name(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name) migrated = select_values("SELECT version FROM #{sm_table}").map { |v| v.to_i } paths = migrations_paths.map {|p| "#{p}/[0-9]*_*.rb" } versions = Dir[*paths].map do |filename| filename.split('/').last.split('_').first.to_i end unless migrated.include?(version) execute "INSERT INTO #{sm_table} (version) VALUES ('#{version}')" end inserted = Set.new (versions - migrated).each do |v| if inserted.include?(v) raise "Duplicate migration #{v}. Please renumber your migrations to resolve the conflict." elsif v < version execute "INSERT INTO #{sm_table} (version) VALUES ('#{v}')" inserted << v end end end
Changes the column’s definition according to the new options. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use.
Examples
change_column(:suppliers, :name, :string, :limit => 80) change_column(:accounts, :description, :text)
Sets a new default value for a column.
Examples
change_column_default(:suppliers, :qualification, 'new') change_column_default(:accounts, :authorized, 1) change_column_default(:users, :email, nil)
A block for changing columns in table
.
Example
# change_table() yields a Table instance change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.column :name, :string, :limit => 60 # Other column alterations here end
The options
hash can include the following keys:
:bulk
-
Set this to true to make this a bulk alter query, such as ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN age INT(11), ADD COLUMN birthdate DATETIME …
Defaults to false.
Examples
Add a column
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.column :name, :string, :limit => 60 end
Add 2 integer columns
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.integer :width, :height, :null => false, :default => 0 end
Add created_at/updated_at columns
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.timestamps end
Add a foreign key column
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.references :company end
Creates a company_id(integer)
column
Add a polymorphic foreign key column
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.belongs_to :company, :polymorphic => true end
Creates company_type(varchar)
and
company_id(integer)
columns
Remove a column
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.remove :company end
Remove several columns
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.remove :company_id t.remove :width, :height end
Remove an index
change_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.remove_index :company_id end
See also Table for details on all of the various column transformation
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 237 def change_table(table_name, options = {}) if supports_bulk_alter? && options[:bulk] recorder = ActiveRecord::Migration::CommandRecorder.new(self) yield Table.new(table_name, recorder) bulk_change_table(table_name, recorder.commands) else yield Table.new(table_name, self) end end
Checks to see if a column exists in a given table.
Examples
# Check a column exists column_exists?(:suppliers, :name) # Check a column exists of a particular type column_exists?(:suppliers, :name, :string) # Check a column exists with a specific definition column_exists?(:suppliers, :name, :string, :limit => 100)
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 69 def column_exists?(table_name, column_name, type = nil, options = {}) columns(table_name).any?{ |c| c.name == column_name.to_s && (!type || c.type == type) && (!options[:limit] || c.limit == options[:limit]) && (!options[:precision] || c.precision == options[:precision]) && (!options[:scale] || c.scale == options[:scale]) } end
Returns an array of Column objects for the table specified by
table_name
. See the concrete implementation for details on the
expected parameter values.
Creates a new table with the name table_name
.
table_name
may either be a String or a Symbol.
There are two ways to work with create_table
. You can use the
block form or the regular form, like this:
Block form
# create_table() passes a TableDefinition object to the block. # This form will not only create the table, but also columns for the # table. create_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.column :name, :string, :limit => 60 # Other fields here end
Block form, with shorthand
# You can also use the column types as method calls, rather than calling the column method. create_table(:suppliers) do |t| t.string :name, :limit => 60 # Other fields here end
Regular form
# Creates a table called 'suppliers' with no columns. create_table(:suppliers) # Add a column to 'suppliers'. add_column(:suppliers, :name, :string, {:limit => 60})
The options
hash can include the following keys:
:id
-
Whether to automatically add a primary key column. Defaults to true. Join tables for
has_and_belongs_to_many
should set it to false. :primary_key
-
The name of the primary key, if one is to be added automatically. Defaults to
id
. If:id
is false this option is ignored.Also note that this just sets the primary key in the table. You additionally need to configure the primary key in the model via
self.primary_key=
. Models do NOT auto-detect the primary key from their table definition. :options
-
Any extra options you want appended to the table definition.
:temporary
-
Make a temporary table.
:force
-
Set to true to drop the table before creating it. Defaults to false.
Examples
Add a backend specific option to the generated SQL (MySQL)
create_table(:suppliers, :options => 'ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8')
generates:
CREATE TABLE suppliers ( id int(11) DEFAULT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
Rename the primary key column
create_table(:objects, :primary_key => 'guid') do |t| t.column :name, :string, :limit => 80 end
generates:
CREATE TABLE objects ( guid int(11) DEFAULT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(80) )
Do not add a primary key column
create_table(:categories_suppliers, :id => false) do |t| t.column :category_id, :integer t.column :supplier_id, :integer end
generates:
CREATE TABLE categories_suppliers ( category_id int, supplier_id int )
See also ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition#column for details on how to create columns.
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 156 def create_table(table_name, options = {}) td = table_definition td.primary_key(options[:primary_key] || Base.get_primary_key(table_name.to_s.singularize)) unless options[:id] == false yield td if block_given? if options[:force] && table_exists?(table_name) drop_table(table_name, options) end create_sql = "CREATE#{' TEMPORARY' if options[:temporary]} TABLE " create_sql << "#{quote_table_name(table_name)} (" create_sql << td.to_sql create_sql << ") #{options[:options]}" execute create_sql end
SELECT DISTINCT clause for a given set of columns and a given ORDER BY clause. Both PostgreSQL and Oracle overrides this for custom DISTINCT syntax.
distinct("posts.id", "posts.created_at desc")
Drops a table from the database.
Checks to see if an index exists on a table for a given index definition.
Examples
# Check an index exists index_exists?(:suppliers, :company_id) # Check an index on multiple columns exists index_exists?(:suppliers, [:company_id, :company_type]) # Check a unique index exists index_exists?(:suppliers, :company_id, :unique => true) # Check an index with a custom name exists index_exists?(:suppliers, :company_id, :name => "idx_company_id"
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 44 def index_exists?(table_name, column_name, options = {}) column_names = Array.wrap(column_name) index_name = options.key?(:name) ? options[:name].to_s : index_name(table_name, :column => column_names) if options[:unique] indexes(table_name).any?{ |i| i.unique && i.name == index_name } else indexes(table_name).any?{ |i| i.name == index_name } end end
Verify the existence of an index with a given name.
The default argument is returned if the underlying implementation does not define the indexes method, as there’s no way to determine the correct answer in that case.
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 403 def index_name_exists?(table_name, index_name, default) return default unless respond_to?(:indexes) index_name = index_name.to_s indexes(table_name).detect { |i| i.name == index_name } end
Should not be called normally, but this operation is non-destructive. The migrations module handles this automatically.
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 422 def initialize_schema_migrations_table sm_table = ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name unless table_exists?(sm_table) create_table(sm_table, :id => false) do |schema_migrations_table| schema_migrations_table.column :version, :string, :null => false end add_index sm_table, :version, :unique => true, :name => "#{Base.table_name_prefix}unique_schema_migrations#{Base.table_name_suffix}" # Backwards-compatibility: if we find schema_info, assume we've # migrated up to that point: si_table = Base.table_name_prefix + 'schema_info' + Base.table_name_suffix if table_exists?(si_table) ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Usage of the schema table `#{si_table}` is deprecated. Please switch to using `schema_migrations` table" old_version = select_value("SELECT version FROM #{quote_table_name(si_table)}").to_i assume_migrated_upto_version(old_version) drop_table(si_table) end end end
Returns a Hash of mappings from the abstract data types to the native database types. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition#column for details on the recognized abstract data types.
Removes the column(s) from the table definition.
Examples
remove_column(:suppliers, :qualification) remove_columns(:suppliers, :qualification, :experience)
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 271 def remove_column(table_name, *column_names) if column_names.flatten! message = 'Passing array to remove_columns is deprecated, please use ' + 'multiple arguments, like: `remove_columns(:posts, :foo, :bar)`' ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn message, caller end columns_for_remove(table_name, *column_names).each do |column_name| execute "ALTER TABLE #{quote_table_name(table_name)} DROP #{column_name}" end end
Remove the given index from the table.
Remove the index_accounts_on_column in the accounts table.
remove_index :accounts, :column
Remove the index named index_accounts_on_branch_id in the accounts table.
remove_index :accounts, :column => :branch_id
Remove the index named index_accounts_on_branch_id_and_party_id in the accounts table.
remove_index :accounts, :column => [:branch_id, :party_id]
Remove the index named by_branch_party in the accounts table.
remove_index :accounts, :name => :by_branch_party
Removes the timestamp columns (created_at and updated_at) from the table definition.
Examples
remove_timestamps(:suppliers)
Renames a column.
Example
rename_column(:suppliers, :description, :name)
Rename an index.
Rename the index_people_on_last_name index to index_users_on_last_name
rename_index :people, 'index_people_on_last_name', 'index_users_on_last_name'
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 377 def rename_index(table_name, old_name, new_name) # this is a naive implementation; some DBs may support this more efficiently (Postgres, for instance) old_index_def = indexes(table_name).detect { |i| i.name == old_name } return unless old_index_def remove_index(table_name, :name => old_name) add_index(table_name, old_index_def.columns, :name => new_name, :unique => old_index_def.unique) end
Renames a table.
Example
rename_table('octopuses', 'octopi')
Returns a string of CREATE TABLE
SQL statement(s) for
recreating the entire structure of the database.
Truncates a table alias according to the limits of the current adapter.
Checks to see if the table table_name
exists on the database.
Example
table_exists?(:developers)
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 561 def add_index_options(table_name, column_name, options = {}) column_names = Array.wrap(column_name) index_name = index_name(table_name, :column => column_names) if Hash === options # legacy support, since this param was a string index_type = options[:unique] ? "UNIQUE" : "" index_name = options[:name].to_s if options.key?(:name) else index_type = options end if index_name.length > index_name_length raise ArgumentError, "Index name '#{index_name}' on table '#{table_name}' is too long; the limit is #{index_name_length} characters" end if index_name_exists?(table_name, index_name, false) raise ArgumentError, "Index name '#{index_name}' on table '#{table_name}' already exists" end index_columns = quoted_columns_for_index(column_names, options).join(", ") [index_name, index_type, index_columns] end
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 532 def add_index_sort_order(option_strings, column_names, options = {}) if options.is_a?(Hash) && order = options[:order] case order when Hash column_names.each {|name| option_strings[name] += " #{order[name].to_s.upcase}" if order.has_key?(name)} when String column_names.each {|name| option_strings[name] += " #{order.upcase}"} end end return option_strings end
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 593 def columns_for_remove(table_name, *column_names) column_names = column_names.flatten raise ArgumentError.new("You must specify at least one column name. Example: remove_column(:people, :first_name)") if column_names.blank? column_names.map {|column_name| quote_column_name(column_name) } end
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 583 def index_name_for_remove(table_name, options = {}) index_name = index_name(table_name, options) unless index_name_exists?(table_name, index_name, true) raise ArgumentError, "Index name '#{index_name}' on table '#{table_name}' does not exist" end index_name end
Overridden by the mysql adapter for supporting index lengths
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 546 def quoted_columns_for_index(column_names, options = {}) option_strings = Hash[column_names.map {|name| [name, '']}] # add index sort order if supported if supports_index_sort_order? option_strings = add_index_sort_order(option_strings, column_names, options) end column_names.map {|name| quote_column_name(name) + option_strings[name]} end