# Db migrations

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/db-migrations/146561>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/db-migrations/146561 "2008-08-22T11:20:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/db-migrations/146561/1 "2008-08-22T11:20:55Z")

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Hi All,

I new to Rails worked for couple of projects in J2EE web  
technologies and PHP.

I am very new to Rails while looking at the features, is it db  
migrations are really required?? I strongly feel that its over burden  
process for developers.

What do you think?? please update me if I am wrong??

Thanks,  
Ramu.

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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/db-migrations/146561/2 "2008-08-22T12:38:54Z")

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On Aug 22, 10:19 am, RAMU [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I new to Rails worked for couple of projects in J2EE web  
> technologies and PHP.

Is there any reason you really want to switch?

> I am very new to Rails while looking at the features, is it db  
> migrations are really required?? I strongly feel that its over burden  
> process for developers.

Rails is strong on conventions, it’s an opinionated software.  
At the core of it’s philosophy is that it’s not for everyone.

In my view migrations are a really nice feature, but should you choose  
not to use use them, it might become rather complex. Your choice.

Lech

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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/db-migrations/146561/3 "2008-08-22T13:07:48Z")

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xchaotic wrote:

> On Aug 22, 10:19�am, RAMU [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > � �I new to Rails worked for couple of projects in J2EE web  
> > technologies and PHP.
> 
> Is there any reason you really want to switch?
> 
> > � I am very new to Rails while looking at the features, is it db  
> > migrations are really required?? I strongly feel that its over burden  
> > process for developers.
> 
> Rails is strong on conventions, it’s an opinionated software.  
> At the core of it’s philosophy is that it’s not for everyone.
> 
> In my view migrations are a really nice feature, but should you choose  
> not to use use them, it might become rather complex. Your choice.
> 
> Lech

if u really want to follow MVC and rails arch. n want to get benefits  
from rails convention over configuration and naming convention and at  
least it give all fun. which u can have in convention db console !  
^@^

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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/db-migrations/146561/4 "2008-08-22T14:09:50Z")

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On 22 Aug 2008, at 10:19, RAMU wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I new to Rails worked for couple of projects in J2EE web  
> technologies and PHP.
> 
> I am very new to Rails while looking at the features, is it db  
> migrations are really required?? I strongly feel that its over burden  
> process for developers.

You don’t have to. Obviously you will need some way of updating your  
database schema and so on but you can write lots of sql be hand if you  
feel like it.

Fred