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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 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 5814c2b711..10753defc2 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb @@ -602,12 +602,18 @@ module ActiveRecord end # Adds a reference. Optionally adds a +type+ column, if <tt>:polymorphic</tt> option is provided. + # The reference column is an +integer+ by default, the <tt>:type</tt> option can be used to specify + # a different type. # <tt>add_reference</tt> and <tt>add_belongs_to</tt> are acceptable. # - # ====== Create a user_id column + # ====== Create a user_id integer column # # add_reference(:products, :user) # + # ====== Create a user_id string column + # + # add_reference(:products, :user, type: :string) + # # ====== Create a supplier_id and supplier_type columns # # add_belongs_to(:products, :supplier, polymorphic: true) @@ -619,7 +625,8 @@ module ActiveRecord def add_reference(table_name, ref_name, options = {}) polymorphic = options.delete(:polymorphic) index_options = options.delete(:index) - add_column(table_name, "#{ref_name}_id", :integer, options) + type = options.delete(:type) || :integer + add_column(table_name, "#{ref_name}_id", type, options) add_column(table_name, "#{ref_name}_type", :string, polymorphic.is_a?(Hash) ? polymorphic : options) if polymorphic add_index(table_name, polymorphic ? %w[id type].map{ |t| "#{ref_name}_#{t}" } : "#{ref_name}_id", index_options.is_a?(Hash) ? index_options : {}) if index_options end |