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authorJason Noble <github+jasonn@jasonnoble.org>2011-11-13 01:29:11 -0700
committerJason Noble <github+jasonn@jasonnoble.org>2011-11-13 01:29:11 -0700
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Update wording to be more explicit on what the timestamp fields track
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@@ -609,12 +609,12 @@ class CreatePosts < ActiveRecord::Migration
end
</ruby>
-The above migration creates a method named +change+ which will be called when you
-run this migration. The action defined in that method is also reversible, which
+The above migration has one method named +change+ which will be called when you
+run this migration. The action defined in this method is also reversible, which
means Rails knows how to reverse the change made by this migration, in case you
-want to reverse it at later date. By default, when you run this migration it
-creates a +posts+ table with two string columns and a text column. It also
-creates two timestamp fields to track record creation and updating. More
+want to reverse it at later date. When you run this migration it will create a
++posts+ table with two string columns and a text column. It also creates two
+timestamp fields to allow Rails to track post creation and update times. More
information about Rails migrations can be found in the "Rails Database
Migrations":migrations.html guide.