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@@ -46,26 +46,32 @@ Available field types:
`rails generate model photo title:string album:references`
- It will generate an album_id column. You should generate this kind of fields when
- you will use a `belongs_to` association for instance. `references` also support
- the polymorphism, you could enable the polymorphism like this:
+ It will generate an `album_id` column. You should generate these kinds of fields when
+ you will use a `belongs_to` association, for instance. `references` also supports
+ polymorphism, you can enable polymorphism like this:
`rails generate model product supplier:references{polymorphic}`
- You can also specify some options just after the field type. You can use the
- following options:
+ For integer, string, text and binary fields, an integer in curly braces will
+ be set as the limit:
- limit Set the maximum size of the field giving a number between curly braces
- default Set a default value for the field
- precision Defines the precision for the decimal fields
- scale Defines the scale for the decimal fields
- uniq Defines the field values as unique
- index Will add an index on the field
+ `rails generate model user pseudo:string{30}`
- Examples:
+ For decimal, two integers separated by a comma in curly braces will be used
+ for precision and scale:
+
+ `rails generate model product price:decimal{10,2}`
+
+ You can add a `:uniq` or `:index` suffix for unique or standard indexes
+ respectively:
- `rails generate model user pseudo:string{30}`
`rails generate model user pseudo:string:uniq`
+ `rails generate model user pseudo:string:index`
+
+ You can combine any single curly brace option with the index options:
+
+ `rails generate model user username:string{30}:uniq`
+ `rails generate model product supplier:references{polymorphic}:index`
Examples: