Question

I already generated a class by “script/generate model blah blah1:string”

How would I add a “blah2:string” to the existing model? Is there a script or do I have to manually edit the database and every file?

Answer 1

Create migration:

./script/generate migration AddBlah2ToBlah blah2:string

This will create migration in db/migrate ruby file with migration – you can check if it correctly added column to table. Then run:

rake db:migrate

or in production environment:

rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production 

This will add column to your database and you can use it in Rails:

@blah = Blah.first
@blah.blah2 = "new string"
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