Active Record Migrations -> Table Relations

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Hi there !

I am currently investingation ROR.
I really like the idea of specifying my database schema via Migrations,
but one questions came to my mind.

How does one specify Table relations in the migration ?

  1. There is a fancy way of doing it with Active Records.
  2. I just add manually some Integer ID columns etc… and lateron add
    the Foreign Key semantic via SQL…

Which one of the above holds true ? I was not able to find anythign in
the documentation about it…

Thanks

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On May 21, 2006, at 8:11 PM, Bernhard Glück wrote:

  1. I just add manually some Integer ID columns etc… and lateron add
    the Foreign Key semantic via SQL…

Which one of the above holds true ? I was not able to find anythign in
the documentation about it…

You add the foreign_key right there in the migration. For example,
let’s say you have User and Item models that are related. User has a
one-to-many relationship with Item.

class AddTableRelation < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :users do |t|
t.column :title, :string, :limit => 255
end

 create_table :items do |t|
   t.column :title, :string, :limit => 255
   t.column :user_id, :integer
 end

end

def self.down
drop_table :users
drop_table :items
end
end

In your model definitions for User and Item you also need to specify
the relationship. In User you specify a “has_many :items” and in Item
you specify “belongs_to :user”.

If you want the database engine to enforce the foreign key
relationship, there is no direct ActiveRecord Migration support for
that functionality. You need to specify it using the “execute”
syntax. Some enterprising folks have added plugins that add foreign
key methods to the migration facility but they are not a standard
part of Rails.

I highly recommend taking a look at the UsingMigrations wiki page [1]
for more information.

cr

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