On Jul 6, 9:30 pm, Felipe Teixeira <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello there, > > I'm a beginner in Rails, so forgive me if this question is too dumb ;p > Does Rails provide any helper/linecode to create a foreign key in the > database (via migration)?
No - the official position has never been in favour of database level constraints. The foreigner gems adds migration helpers for adding foreign keys Fred > > When I use, for example, *belogs_to :class, :foreign_key => id_class*, I'm > just setting the name > of the foreign key. > > In the same way, when I use *t.reference :class *in the migration*, *I'm > just creating an column *class_id * > with the appropriate class in the database... but I don't properly create > the foreign key in database-level, > right? > > So, is there a nice way to do that in Rails? I already saw some solutions > in the web, but I couldn't find > any convention. Which would be the best way to do that? > > Thanks in advance (: > > P.S: sorry if the English is not good ;p -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en-US.
