On Sep 21, 10:38 am, Abder-Rahman Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > At the following:http://guides.rubyonrails.org/migrations.html > > You can find: > > def self.up > create_table :products do |t| > t.string :name > t.text :description > t.timestamps > end > > Regarding this line: > > create_table :products do |t| > > What is passed to the block variable "t", is it :products?
The create_table function returns a new instance of the TableDefinition class. The |t| assigns it to the t variable. > > In this case, how can we read: > > t.string :name > > ? > > Thanks. This is calling the string() method on the instance of TableDefinition. Basically it would be the same as doing this: t = TableDefinition.new() t.string(:name) -- 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.
