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diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/USAGE index be1d113ed8..4a3eb2c7c7 100644 --- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/USAGE +++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/USAGE @@ -7,23 +7,29 @@ Description: under_scored, as the first argument, and an optional list of attribute pairs. - Attribute pairs are field:type arguments specifying the - model's attributes. Timestamps are added by default, so you don't have to - specify them by hand as 'created_at:datetime updated_at:datetime'. + Attributes are field arguments specifying the model's attributes. You can + optionally pass the type and an index to each field. For instance: + "title body:text tracking_id:integer:uniq" will generate a title field of + string type, a body with text type and a tracking_id as an integer with an + unique index. "index" could also be given instead of "uniq" if one desires + a non unique index. + + Timestamps are added by default, so you don't have to specify them by hand + as 'created_at:datetime updated_at:datetime'. You don't have to think up every attribute up front, but it helps to sketch out a few so you can start working with the resource immediately. - For example, 'scaffold post title:string body:text published:boolean' - gives you a model with those three attributes, a controller that handles + For example, 'scaffold post title body:text published:boolean' gives + you a model with those three attributes, a controller that handles the create/show/update/destroy, forms to create and edit your posts, and - an index that lists them all, as well as a resources :posts - declaration in config/routes.rb. + an index that lists them all, as well as a resources :posts declaration + in config/routes.rb. If you want to remove all the generated files, run 'rails destroy scaffold ModelName'. Examples: `rails generate scaffold post` - `rails generate scaffold post title:string body:text published:boolean` - `rails generate scaffold purchase order_id:integer amount:decimal` + `rails generate scaffold post title body:text published:boolean` + `rails generate scaffold purchase amount:decimal tracking_id:integer:uniq` |