Title : name of the column string : type of the column. it maps to varchar/varchar2
Similarly for Price http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Migration.html -- Shiv N Gautam On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:35 AM, typemismatch <craigw9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I have this code in a migration file .... > > create_table :books do |t| > t.column "Title", :string > t.column "Price", :decimal > t.timestamps > end > > Are "Title" and :string just parameters being passed to the method > t.column? > > If so, I understand that "Title" is a string parameter, what > is :string? a type param? > > Thanks > -c > > > > -- E. B. White - "Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---