From bcd0968a6f643efc016cb425995a58b7d9261de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamis Buck Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:00:16 +0000 Subject: Update/clean up ActiveRecord documentation (rdoc) git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@2650 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de --- activerecord/lib/active_record/schema.rb | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/schema.rb') diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/schema.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/schema.rb index 8527d54697..c986380853 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/schema.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/schema.rb @@ -1,8 +1,44 @@ module ActiveRecord - # TODO: Document me! + # Allows programmers to programmatically define a schema in a portable + # DSL. This means you can define tables, indexes, etc. without using SQL + # directly, so your applications can more easily support multiple + # databases. + # + # Usage: + # + # ActiveRecord::Schema.define do + # create_table :authors do |t| + # t.column :name, :string, :null => false + # end + # + # add_index :authors, :name, :unique + # + # create_table :posts do |t| + # t.column :author_id, :integer, :null => false + # t.column :subject, :string + # t.column :body, :text + # t.column :private, :boolean, :default => false + # end + # + # add_index :posts, :author_id + # end + # + # ActiveRecord::Schema is only supported by database adapters that also + # support migrations, the two features being very similar. class Schema < Migration private_class_method :new + # Eval the given block. All methods available to the current connection + # adapter are available within the block, so you can easily use the + # database definition DSL to build up your schema (#create_table, + # #add_index, etc.). + # + # The +info+ hash is optional, and if given is used to define metadata + # about the current schema (like the schema's version): + # + # ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 15) do + # ... + # end def self.define(info={}, &block) instance_eval(&block) -- cgit v1.2.3