Thanks a million to Scott, Hassan, & Colin, for this rich feast of possibilities! It's gonna take me some time to digest. Then I'll be back with the solutions I'm finding and/or with more questions.
~ Ken On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 3:44:34 PM UTC-4, kenatsun wrote: > > I'm evaluating Rails (vs Django) for a new project. A requirement of this > project is that the Rails app(s) be able to work with a database > (PostgreSQL, in case that matters) whose schemas (table definitions) have > been created and, over time, will be modified independently of the Rails > app(s). > > Though I'm a newbie to Rails, it already seems to be that Rails' standard > mode of operation is: (1) Models are created and modified within Rails, > and then (2) Rails Migration creates and modifies the database table > definitions. > > What I need is the opposite sequence: (1) The database table definitions > are created and modified through tools external to Rails, and then (2) the > Rails models are created and modified to fit the database table definitions. > > So my questions are: > > 1. First and most important, is there a Gem (or some other tool in the > Ruby-Rails world) that can generate a model from a database table > definition? > 2. If not, presumably one could use Rails on a pre-existing database by > manually editing the Rails models. Right? > 3. If that's right, what are the requirements for the table designs to > enable them to work as viable Rails models? It seems that one requirement > is that each table have a sequence-assigned primary key named "id". > Right? Any others? > > ~ Thanks in advance > ~ Ken > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/fa6be845-28f0-49a4-917e-397ec9e7ad79%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
