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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb index bceda5abd9..f25f546f1e 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb @@ -238,86 +238,19 @@ module ActiveRecord end # Instantiates a new column for the table. - # The +type+ parameter is normally one of the migrations native types, - # which is one of the following: - # <tt>:primary_key</tt>, <tt>:string</tt>, <tt>:text</tt>, - # <tt>:integer</tt>, <tt>:bigint</tt>, <tt>:float</tt>, <tt>:decimal</tt>, - # <tt>:datetime</tt>, <tt>:time</tt>, <tt>:date</tt>, - # <tt>:binary</tt>, <tt>:boolean</tt>. - # - # You may use a type not in this list as long as it is supported by your - # database (for example, "polygon" in MySQL), but this will not be database - # agnostic and should usually be avoided. - # - # Available options are (none of these exists by default): - # * <tt>:limit</tt> - - # Requests a maximum column length. This is number of characters for a <tt>:string</tt> column - # and number of bytes for <tt>:text</tt>, <tt>:binary</tt> and <tt>:integer</tt> columns. - # * <tt>:default</tt> - - # The column's default value. Use nil for NULL. - # * <tt>:null</tt> - - # Allows or disallows +NULL+ values in the column. This option could - # have been named <tt>:null_allowed</tt>. - # * <tt>:precision</tt> - - # Specifies the precision for a <tt>:decimal</tt> column. - # * <tt>:scale</tt> - - # Specifies the scale for a <tt>:decimal</tt> column. + # See {connection.add_column}[rdoc-ref:ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#add_column] + # for available options. + # + # Additional options are: # * <tt>:index</tt> - # Create an index for the column. Can be either <tt>true</tt> or an options hash. # - # Note: The precision is the total number of significant digits - # and the scale is the number of digits that can be stored following - # the decimal point. For example, the number 123.45 has a precision of 5 - # and a scale of 2. A decimal with a precision of 5 and a scale of 2 can - # range from -999.99 to 999.99. - # - # Please be aware of different RDBMS implementations behavior with - # <tt>:decimal</tt> columns: - # * The SQL standard says the default scale should be 0, <tt>:scale</tt> <= - # <tt>:precision</tt>, and makes no comments about the requirements of - # <tt>:precision</tt>. - # * MySQL: <tt>:precision</tt> [1..63], <tt>:scale</tt> [0..30]. - # Default is (10,0). - # * PostgreSQL: <tt>:precision</tt> [1..infinity], - # <tt>:scale</tt> [0..infinity]. No default. - # * SQLite2: Any <tt>:precision</tt> and <tt>:scale</tt> may be used. - # Internal storage as strings. No default. - # * SQLite3: No restrictions on <tt>:precision</tt> and <tt>:scale</tt>, - # but the maximum supported <tt>:precision</tt> is 16. No default. - # * Oracle: <tt>:precision</tt> [1..38], <tt>:scale</tt> [-84..127]. - # Default is (38,0). - # * DB2: <tt>:precision</tt> [1..63], <tt>:scale</tt> [0..62]. - # Default unknown. - # * SqlServer?: <tt>:precision</tt> [1..38], <tt>:scale</tt> [0..38]. - # Default (38,0). - # # This method returns <tt>self</tt>. # # == Examples - # # Assuming +td+ is an instance of TableDefinition - # td.column(:granted, :boolean) - # # granted BOOLEAN - # - # td.column(:picture, :binary, limit: 2.megabytes) - # # => picture BLOB(2097152) - # - # td.column(:sales_stage, :string, limit: 20, default: 'new', null: false) - # # => sales_stage VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT 'new' NOT NULL # - # td.column(:bill_gates_money, :decimal, precision: 15, scale: 2) - # # => bill_gates_money DECIMAL(15,2) - # - # td.column(:sensor_reading, :decimal, precision: 30, scale: 20) - # # => sensor_reading DECIMAL(30,20) - # - # # While <tt>:scale</tt> defaults to zero on most databases, it - # # probably wouldn't hurt to include it. - # td.column(:huge_integer, :decimal, precision: 30) - # # => huge_integer DECIMAL(30) - # - # # Defines a column with a database-specific type. - # td.column(:foo, 'polygon') - # # => foo polygon + # # Assuming +td+ is an instance of TableDefinition + # td.column(:granted, :boolean, index: true) # # == Short-hand examples # |