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Hiall, I was wondering how you guys are organizing your migrations files under db/migrate? I have like 60 database tables initially, and if I exercise migrations the way they should be exercised, I guess this will become even more files ... Now maybe you say 70 files ain''t that much anyway :) but the thing of course is that these files logically belong to different areas of my

...db/migrate. > > Does anyone know of a solution? Or do I really need to have 60+ > oftentimes > logically unrelated files under one folder? > migrations are bound to a specific numeric order. putting them in folders would mean theyd still need to be numbered, so you want forms/ 04_steak_dinner_registrants.rb and venues/05_dining_rooms.rb ? i would consider exposing your schema via resolvable URIs which return schema description, this is the foundation of the semantic web. then you can do as many sub''folders'' as you want.. i think the problem youre describing is the dichotomy...