Rails - Jun 2006 - Question: Writing migration code

Just started learning on rails.  The first few time I edited a migration
file it was using colons like:

create_table :table do |t|
      t.column :column, :string


Now I''m working on a tutorial where it''s using quotes for the
table and
column names:


reate_table "table" do |t|
      t.column "column", :string

Are these two ways interchangeable ? Is there a preferred ?

TIA
Stuart
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short/quick answer: yes, they are interchangable, however, symbols (what you
refer to as colons) are preferred in certain cases.

http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2005/08/19/understanding-ruby-symbols



On 6/7/06, Dark Ambient <sambient@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Just started learning on rails.  The first few time I edited a migration
> file it was using colons like:
>
> create_table :table do |t|
>       t.column :column, :string
>
>
> Now I''m working on a tutorial where it''s using quotes for
the table and
> column names:
>
>
> reate_table "table" do |t|
>       t.column "column", :string
>
> Are these two ways interchangeable ? Is there a preferred ?
>
> TIA
> Stuart
>
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