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diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md index 6e7e29ed60..7fdb5901f3 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md @@ -972,11 +972,11 @@ on. Because this is database-independent, it could be loaded into any database that Active Record supports. This could be very useful if you were to distribute an application that is able to run against multiple databases. -There is however a trade-off: `db/schema.rb` cannot express database specific -items such as triggers, stored procedures or check constraints. While in a -migration you can execute custom SQL statements, the schema dumper cannot -reconstitute those statements from the database. If you are using features like -this, then you should set the schema format to `:sql`. +NOTE: `db/schema.rb` cannot express database specific items such as triggers, +sequences, stored procedures or check constraints, etc. Please note that while +custom SQL statements can be run in migrations, these statements cannot be reconstituted +by the schema dumper. If you are using features like this, then you +should set the schema format to `:sql`. Instead of using Active Record's schema dumper, the database's structure will be dumped using a tool specific to the database (via the `db:structure:dump` |