For single instance migration we could do like this,what to be done if i want to migrate single instance with the relation?
On Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:57:57 AM UTC+5:30, Kashif Umair Liaqat wrote: > > You might need to write a migration or rake task for this purpose. > > Migration may look like this. > > class MigrateData < ActiveRecord::Migration > def change > get_all_models.each do |model| > model.where('').find_each do |model_instance| > model_instance.update_attributes id: > UUIDTools::UUID.random_create.to_s > end > end > end > > def get_all_models > Module.constants.select do |constant_name| > constant = eval constant_name > if not constant.nil? and constant.is_a? Class and constant.superclass > == ActiveRecord::Base > constant > end > end > endend > > This migration will iterate over all the models in your app and generate > UUID for each single instance. > > On Friday, October 25, 2013 6:17:55 PM UTC+5, kingston.s wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am using rails 3.1 and ruby 1.9.3,Now i want to use uuid concept in >> rails 3 for existing data >> >> so i did like :- >> >> create_table :posts, :id => false do |t| >> t.string :uuid, :limit => 36, :primary => true >> end >> >> ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do >> >> # old rails versions >> set_primary_key 'uuid' >> >> before_create :generate_uuid >> def generate_uuid >> self.id = UUIDTools::UUID.random_create.to_s >> end >> end >> >> >> This is working for new data,now i want to migrate existing data with >> relation.for uuid they are using datatype as string,in postgresql the >> data type used for primary_key and foreign key is integer ,so if i am >> trying to change foreign key integer to string it is throwing error. >> >> Could you please tell me some example,how to do this. >> >> kingston.s >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/21fe94ec-e8fc-43bf-b5c6-a91abce8069e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.