Question

I want to rename a table… (any table.)

I tried this line of code:

ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements.rename_table(old_name, new_name)

Here’s the weird thing. I know I got it working the first time, but now I get this error: undefined method `rename_table’ for ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements:Module

Was there something I need to set?

Answer 1

You would typically do this sort of thing in a migration:

class RenameFoo < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    rename_table :foo, :bar
  end

  def self.down
    rename_table :bar, :foo
  end
end