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-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb31
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index bf403c3ae0..6040eeed00 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -330,9 +330,38 @@ module ActiveRecord
class TableDefinition < ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition
include ColumnMethods
+ # Defines the primary key field.
+ # Use of the native PostgreSQL UUID type is supported, and can be used
+ # by defining your tables as such:
+ #
+ # create_table :stuffs, id: :uuid do |t|
+ # t.string :content
+ # t.timestamps
+ # end
+ #
+ # By default, this will use the +uuid_generate_v4()+ function from the
+ # +uuid-ossp+ extension, which MUST be enabled on your databse. To enable
+ # the +uuid-ossp+ extension, you can use the +enable_extension+ method in your
+ # migrations To use a UUID primary key without +uuid-ossp+ enabled, you can
+ # set the +:default+ option to nil:
+ #
+ # create_table :stuffs, id: false do |t|
+ # t.primary_key :id, :uuid, default: nil
+ # t.uuid :foo_id
+ # t.timestamps
+ # end
+ #
+ # You may also pass a different UUID generation function from +uuid-ossp+
+ # or another library.
+ #
+ # Note that setting the UUID primary key default value to +nil+
+ # will require you to assure that you always provide a UUID value
+ # before saving a record (as primary keys cannot be nil). This might be
+ # done via the SecureRandom.uuid method and a +before_save+ callback,
+ # for instance.
def primary_key(name, type = :primary_key, options = {})
return super unless type == :uuid
- options[:default] ||= 'uuid_generate_v4()'
+ options[:default] = options.fetch(:default, 'uuid_generate_v4()')
options[:primary_key] = true
column name, type, options
end