# Migrations possible?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrations-possible/176992>\
**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrations-possible/176992 "2009-10-09T14:24:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrations-possible/176992/1 "2009-10-09T14:24:13Z")

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Was there ever any concensus on how to get migrations to run with the  
latest versions of engines?  
Do I need to write a plugin that will do it for me?  
Thanks!  
-r

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**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrations-possible/176992/2 "2009-10-09T14:31:57Z")

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Roger P. wrote:

> Was there ever any concensus on how to get migrations to run with the  
> latest versions of engines?  
> Do I need to write a plugin that will do it for me?  
> Thanks!  
> -r

To answer my own question, it appears (?) that the standard way is to  
use only timestamped migrations, and copy them all into db/migrations.

And that the standard way to copy plugin assets is to write a helper to  
do it for you in init.rb or environment.rb

Is that right?

Would it be possible for the engines plugin itself to include a couple  
of rake tasks to do these for us? Thanks.  
-r