Ruby on Rails

Thank you, Colin!

Colin Law wrote in post #1118501:
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OK

> No you must not edit or delete an existing migration.

OK

>> the only thing i want to do is to add database field as a property to an
>> existing model by hands, without generating scaffold
>
> A migration is nothing to do with a scaffold. As I said just generate
> a new migration to add the database field. That is exactly what
> migrations are for.

I know.
But the model should contain database fields definitions.

> rails generate migration AddLgToUsers lg:string
>
> Which will even include the add_column for you, though you will have
> to add the default yourself before running the migration. Have a look
> at the rails guide on migrations.

I think I should try with an add_column expression.
Starting to search available online documentation.

> I guess that you are a beginner with rails and strongly recommend that
> you work right through a good tutorial such as railstutorial.org which
> will show you the basics of rails.
>
> Colin

Yes, I'm a beginner with rails and trying to understand how it works.
Although I do not much trust generated code and prefer hand-written, it
is possible it will work fine in special circumstances.

Valentin.

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