Re: add to migration not working (Rails 2.0.2)

Joe Lewis
2008-04-12T14:41:42Z

LOL - got it! Thanks!!

I woke up this morning and realized I was omitting the obvious "To"
part... ;-)

Dang- this thing works perfectly.

-Joe

On Apr 11, 10:32 pm, "Jeremy McAnally"
<jeremymcana...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> You have to name it "Add(x)To(y)", so
AddPrimaryPlatformInfoToMachines
> or some such.
>
> Otherwise Rails doesn''t know which table to add the columns to. :)
>
> --Jeremy
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:09 AM, Joe Lewis
<joele...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >  I''m experiencing the same issue. script/generate migration
is stubbing
> >  the migration, minus the column info that i''m specifying.
Here''s what
> >  I did in the Terminal:
>
> >  $ ruby script/generate migration AddPrimaryPlatformInfo os:string
> >  hardware:string
> >       exists  db/migrate
> >       create  db/migrate/005_add_primary_platform_info.rb
>
> >  My 005_add_primary_platform_info.rb file then has:
>
> >  class AddPrimaryPlatformInfo < ActiveRecord::Migration
> >   def self.up
> >   end
>
> >   def self.down
> >   end
> >  end
>
> >  I can add it manually, but shouldn''t we have some add_column
and
> >  remove_column goodness added here already?
>
> >  Tried rake:db:redo and rake:db:reset - neither helped. Any
suggestions
> >  from this point on would be greatly appreciated.
>
> >  Cheers,
> >  Joe
>
> >  On Feb 28, 1:11 pm, Jabbslad
<jabbs...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >  > Ah sorry should have mentioned that ;)
>
> >  > "rake db:migrate:redo" might have done the trick and
still kept the
> >  > data in ur db.
>
> >  > Have a glance at some of the rake tasks for your project (rake
-T).
> >  > theres loads of them that should help if u ever have the prob
again :)
>
> >  > Glad prob is solved now though.
>
> >  > Jabbslad
>
> >  > On Feb 28, 7:47 pm, Dave Amos
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> >  > wrote:
>
> >  > > Yes, that worked, though it wiped the contents of my db, as
well. No
> >  > > biggie, though. Thanks!
>
> >  > > Jabbslad wrote:
> >  > > > I just tried the exact same and it worked for me, i
wonder if ur
> >  > > > schema/db is in a bad state. Try:-
>
> >  > > > rake db:migrate:reset
>
> >  > > > Then try running the migrations again.
>
> >  > > --
> >  > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> --http://jeremymcanally.com/http://entp.com
>
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> Ruby in Practice (http://manning.com/mcanally/)
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>
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