# Schema design

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/schema-design/119053>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 2, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/schema-design/119053 "2007-11-02T16:51:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chubbs)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/schema-design/119053/1 "2007-11-02T16:51:36Z")

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Hey guys,

im quite new to Rails, and have been so far trying to design my  
schema.rb file using migrations manually, from looking at my design in  
DB Designer. It there an easier way to design the schema rather than  
doing it manually? I would like to be able to design the database  
visually and then get rails to generate the schema.rb from my design.  
Is this possible ?

regards,  
Chubbs

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**Author:** ![Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chubbs)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/schema-design/119053/2 "2007-11-02T19:06:46Z")

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On Nov 2, 8:50 am, Chubbs [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Chubbs  
> you could try this: (note wiki page is from 2005)

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/DBModelGem](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/DBModelGem)