My setup: Rails 2.3.10, Ruby 1.8.7
I would like to add a database table column with the name “default”, is that allowed or is it a reserved word in Ruby, Rails, sqlite, postgresql…?
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My setup: Rails 2.3.10, Ruby 1.8.7
I would like to add a database table column with the name “default”, is that allowed or is it a reserved word in Ruby, Rails, sqlite, postgresql…?
Here is the list of reserved words that don’t play friendly as table columns in Rails
http://oldwiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/ReservedWords
If you’re using mysql, DEFAULT is a reserved word according to:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/reserved-words.html