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authorLauro Caetano <laurocaetano1@gmail.com>2013-12-19 14:51:39 -0800
committerLauro Caetano <laurocaetano1@gmail.com>2013-12-19 14:51:39 -0800
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Merge pull request #13357 from taryneast/master
Describe precision + scale in migrations guide
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@@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ You can append as many column name/type pairs as you want.
You can also specify some options just after the field type between curly
braces. You can use the following modifiers:
-* `limit` Sets the maximum size of the `string/text/binary/integer` fields
-* `precision` Defines the precision for the `decimal` fields
-* `scale` Defines the scale for the `decimal` fields
-* `polymorphic` Adds a `type` column for `belongs_to` associations
+* `limit` Sets the maximum size of the `string/text/binary/integer` fields.
+* `precision` Defines the precision for the `decimal` fields, representing the total number of digits in the number.
+* `scale` Defines the scale for the `decimal` fields, representing the number of digits after the decimal point.
+* `polymorphic` Adds a `type` column for `belongs_to` associations.
* `null` Allows or disallows `NULL` values in the column.
For instance, running: