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Rails Generate Model
- To generate an ActiveRecord model that automagically creates the correct db migrations & boilerplate test files for your model, enter this command
rails generate model NAME column_name:column_typeClicking "Copy Code" button will copy the code into the clipboard - memory. Please paste(Ctrl+V) it in your destination. The code will get pasted. Happy coding from Wikitechy - ruby on rails tutorial - rails guides - ruby rails - rubyonrails - learn ruby on rails - team
- 'NAME' is the name of the model. 'field' is the name of the column in the DB table and 'type' is the column type (e.g. name:string or body:text). Check the Remarks section for a list of supported column types.
- To setup foreign keys, add belongs_to:model_name.
- So say you wanted to setup a User model that has a username, email and belongs to a School, you would type in the following
rails generate model User username:string email:string school:belongs_toClicking "Copy Code" button will copy the code into the clipboard - memory. Please paste(Ctrl+V) it in your destination. The code will get pasted. Happy coding from Wikitechy - ruby on rails tutorial - rails guides - ruby rails - rubyonrails - learn ruby on rails - team
- rails g is shorthand for rails generate. This would produce the same result
rails g model User username:string email:string school:belongs_to