Rails - Dec 2005 - Model from DB generator

Hello all,

Does a generator exist to generate the ActiveRecord model from the  
database?
I wouldn''t mind if it generated parent-child relations always as  
has_many - belongs_to.

The scenario in my case is a database of about 180 legacy tables,  
with a pattern that the foreign keys use (<parent table name>_OID).  
These I''d like to wrap in the model as easily as possible without  
having to type it in all myself, lazy bum that I am *g*

Cheers and thanks in advance for any hints and pointers,
    Florian

> Does a generator exist to generate the ActiveRecord model from the  
> database?
> I wouldn''t mind if it generated parent-child relations always as  
> has_many - belongs_to.
>
> The scenario in my case is a database of about 180 legacy tables,  
> with a pattern that the foreign keys use (<parent table name>_OID).  
> These I''d like to wrap in the model as easily as possible without
> having to type it in all myself, lazy bum that I am *g*
>
> Cheers and thanks in advance for any hints and pointers,


In situations like this I have often used a spreadsheet to "write" the
code.  Just use some complicated function to concat a bunch of 
repetative strings together inserting the name of the table where 
necessary.  Voila instant results.  Similar results are possible using 
SQL and of course some ruby/perl scripting

Ed W