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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb | 72 |
1 files changed, 71 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb index b4dd8eff5a..112d52024f 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb @@ -9,7 +9,77 @@ module ActiveRecord end end - # Exception that can be raised to stop migrations from going backwards. + # Exception that can be raised to stop migrations from being rolled back. + # For example the following migration is not reversible. + # Rolling back this migration will raise an ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration error. + # + # class IrreversibleMigrationExample < ActiveRecord::Migration + # def change + # create_table :distributors do |t| + # t.string :zipcode + # end + # + # execute <<-SQL + # ALTER TABLE distributors + # ADD CONSTRAINT zipchk + # CHECK (char_length(zipcode) = 5) NO INHERIT; + # SQL + # end + # end + # + # There are two ways to mitigate this problem. + # + # 1. Define <tt>#up</tt> and <tt>#down</tt> methods instead of <tt>#change</tt>: + # + # class ReversibleMigrationExample < ActiveRecord::Migration + # def up + # create_table :distributors do |t| + # t.string :zipcode + # end + # + # execute <<-SQL + # ALTER TABLE distributors + # ADD CONSTRAINT zipchk + # CHECK (char_length(zipcode) = 5) NO INHERIT; + # SQL + # end + # + # def down + # execute <<-SQL + # ALTER TABLE distributors + # DROP CONSTRAINT zipchk + # SQL + # + # drop_table :distributors + # end + # end + # + # 2. Use the #reversible method in <tt>#change</tt> method: + # + # class ReversibleMigrationExample < ActiveRecord::Migration + # def change + # create_table :distributors do |t| + # t.string :zipcode + # end + # + # reversible do |dir| + # dir.up do + # execute <<-SQL + # ALTER TABLE distributors + # ADD CONSTRAINT zipchk + # CHECK (char_length(zipcode) = 5) NO INHERIT; + # SQL + # end + # + # dir.down do + # execute <<-SQL + # ALTER TABLE distributors + # DROP CONSTRAINT zipchk + # SQL + # end + # end + # end + # end class IrreversibleMigration < MigrationError end |