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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
index ab1b098e53..ecb4868c13 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
# Adds a new column to the named table.
# See TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use.
+ #
+ # Note: Not all options will be available, generally this command should
+ # ignore most of them. In favor of doing a low-level call to simply
+ # create a column.
def add_column(table_name, column_name, type, options = {})
at = create_alter_table table_name
at.add_column(column_name, type, options)
@@ -533,6 +537,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
#
# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_accounts_on_branch_id_and_party_id ON accounts(branch_id, party_id) WHERE active
#
+ # Note: Partial indexes are only supported for PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.8.0+.
+ #
# ====== Creating an index with a specific method
#
# add_index(:developers, :name, using: 'btree')
@@ -690,8 +696,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
# +to_table+ contains the referenced primary key.
#
# The foreign key will be named after the following pattern: <tt>fk_rails_<identifier></tt>.
- # +identifier+ is a 10 character long random string. A custom name can be specified with
- # the <tt>:name</tt> option.
+ # +identifier+ is a 10 character long string which is deterministically generated from the
+ # +from_table+ and +column+. A custom name can be specified with the <tt>:name</tt> option.
#
# ====== Creating a simple foreign key
#