Are you not using generators for the initial creation of your model and migration source files? I'm asking because I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've ever written out a create_table function myself. Your inputs from the command line should do all this for you along with some of the work of setting up your model associations (e.g. the belongs_to call in your Address class definition) and save you some effort. If you're using the generators properly, you may never have to touch the migration files for simpler applications.
rails g scaffold user acctLocked:boolean familyId:integer isProfileSetup:boolean ... rails g model address user:references address:string city:string ... For more info: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html http://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#rails-generate One other small thing: you're writing your variable names using camel case (lowerCaseWithCapitalsIndicatingWordBoundaries) whereas the more widely recognized Ruby convention is to use all_lower_case_with_underscores. I left your variable names as-is in the sample code above, but if it's code that anyone else will ever see or work on, you might consider changing it. On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Rick & Nellie Flower <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok.. Still working on this stuff.. I've got the t.reference in the > migration for the address class and moved the belongs_to and has_one in the > model classes as indicated (I didn't notice that!). > > I noticed in the association-basics that I should be putting a create_table > function (if that's what > it's called) in the CreateUsers class for Migrations but I'm concerned > about doing that since I'll be using the address class on more than just the > 'users' class -- does it really belong there or ?? > Perhaps I'm overthinking this.. ?? > > Below are the two class definitions for both the model & migration : > > class Address < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :user > belongs_to :organization > belongs_to :supplier > end > > class CreateAddresses < ActiveRecord::Migration > > def self.up > create_table :addresses do |t| > t.string :address > t.string :city > t.string :state > t.string :zip > t.string :email > t.string :phone > t.references : users > > t.timestamps > end > end > > def self.down > drop_table :addresses > end > end > > ================================= > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > enum_attr :accountType, %w(regular admin site_admin), :init=>:regular > > has_one :name > has_one :address > has_one :organization > > end > > class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration > > def self.up > create_table :users do |t| > t.boolean :acctLocked > t.integer :familyId > t.boolean :isProfileSetup > t.datetime :lastLogin > t.string :password > t.string :securityQ > t.string :securityA > t.string :username > t.enum :accountType > > t.timestamps > end > > create_table :a > end > > def self.down > drop_table :users > end > end > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
