class ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Table

Parent:: Object

Represents an SQL table in an abstract way for updating a table. Also see TableDefinition and ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#create_table

Available transformations are:

change_table :table do |t|
  t.column
  t.index
  t.rename_index
  t.timestamps
  t.change
  t.change_default
  t.rename
  t.references
  t.belongs_to
  t.string
  t.text
  t.integer
  t.float
  t.decimal
  t.datetime
  t.timestamp
  t.time
  t.date
  t.binary
  t.boolean
  t.remove
  t.remove_references
  t.remove_belongs_to
  t.remove_index
  t.remove_timestamps
end

Attributes

name[R]

Public Class Methods

new(table_name, base) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 432
def initialize(table_name, base)
  @name = table_name
  @base = base
end

Public Instance Methods

belongs_to(*args)

Alias for: references

change(column_name, type, options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 488
def change(column_name, type, options = {})
  @base.change_column(name, column_name, type, options)
end

Changes the column's definition according to the new options. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use.

t.change(:name, :string, limit: 80)
t.change(:description, :text)

change_default(column_name, default) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 496
def change_default(column_name, default)
  @base.change_column_default(name, column_name, default)
end

Sets a new default value for a column. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#change_column_default

t.change_default(:qualification, 'new')
t.change_default(:authorized, 1)

column(column_name, type, options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 442
def column(column_name, type, options = {})
  @base.add_column(name, column_name, type, options)
end

Adds a new column to the named table. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use.

Creating a simple column

t.column(:name, :string)

column_exists?(column_name, type = nil, options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 447
def column_exists?(column_name, type = nil, options = {})
  @base.column_exists?(name, column_name, type, options)
end

Checks to see if a column exists. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#column_exists?

index(column_name, options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 460
def index(column_name, options = {})
  @base.add_index(name, column_name, options)
end

Adds a new index to the table. column_name can be a single Symbol, or an Array of Symbols. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#add_index

Creating a simple index

t.index(:name)

Creating a unique index

t.index([:branch_id, :party_id], unique: true)

Creating a named index

t.index([:branch_id, :party_id], unique: true, name: 'by_branch_party')

index_exists?(column_name, options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 465
def index_exists?(column_name, options = {})
  @base.index_exists?(name, column_name, options)
end

Checks to see if an index exists. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#index_exists?

references(*args) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 542
def references(*args)
  options = args.extract_options!
  args.each do |ref_name|
    @base.add_reference(name, ref_name, options)
  end
end

Adds a reference.

t.references(:user)
t.belongs_to(:supplier, foreign_key: true)

See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#add_reference for details of the options you can use.

Also aliased as: belongs_to

remove(*column_names) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 504
def remove(*column_names)
  @base.remove_columns(name, *column_names)
end

Removes the column(s) from the table definition.

t.remove(:qualification)
t.remove(:qualification, :experience)

remove_belongs_to(*args)

Alias for: remove_references

remove_index(options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 518
def remove_index(options = {})
  @base.remove_index(name, options)
end

Removes the given index from the table.

Remove the index_table_name_on_column in the table_name table

t.remove_index :column

Remove the index named index_table_name_on_branch_id in the table_name table

t.remove_index column: :branch_id

Remove the index named index_table_name_on_branch_id_and_party_id in the table_name table

t.remove_index column: [:branch_id, :party_id]

Remove the index named by_branch_party in the table_name table

t.remove_index name: :by_branch_party

remove_references(*args) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 557
def remove_references(*args)
  options = args.extract_options!
  args.each do |ref_name|
    @base.remove_reference(name, ref_name, options)
  end
end

Removes a reference. Optionally removes a type column. remove_references and remove_belongs_to are acceptable.

t.remove_references(:user)
t.remove_belongs_to(:supplier, polymorphic: true)

See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#remove_reference

Also aliased as: remove_belongs_to

remove_timestamps(options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 525
def remove_timestamps(options = {})
  @base.remove_timestamps(name, options)
end

Removes the timestamp columns (created_at and updated_at) from the table.

t.remove_timestamps

rename(column_name, new_column_name) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 532
def rename(column_name, new_column_name)
  @base.rename_column(name, column_name, new_column_name)
end

Renames a column.

t.rename(:description, :name)

rename_index(index_name, new_index_name) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 472
def rename_index(index_name, new_index_name)
  @base.rename_index(name, index_name, new_index_name)
end

Renames the given index on the table.

t.rename_index(:user_id, :account_id)

timestamps(options = {}) Show source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 479
def timestamps(options = {})
  @base.add_timestamps(name, options)
end

Adds timestamps (created_at and updated_at) columns to the table. See ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#add_timestamps

t.timestamps null: false