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| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb | 31 |
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 |