nobosh wrote: > Hello, I've been building an app recently that has a model Books
That should be Book. Rails model names are singular by convention. Table names are plural. > that > is a database table No! Models are not database tables; please don't think of them that way. They *refer* to database tables, but the Ruby objects and the DB records and tables are not the same thing. > and linked to several models/controllers. I > recently learned that instead of Books it needs to be called > publications (just an example)... > > I now want to update the database and all the mentions throughout the > app. Is there a simple way to do that in Rails 3. Or do I have to > migrate that particular table (via version?) Version? Huh? Just write a migration that changes the name of the table. Note also that you can use set_table_name to specify a different table name than the one Rails would expect. Thus, you can change the class name or the table name without also changing the other. I wouldn't advise breaking the Rails conventions unless you have a good reason to. > and manually update all > the references throughout the app? Yup. Your automated tests will break when they encounter the old class name and let you know where to change it. > > Thanks Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
