On 19 Jan 2009, at 03:05, typemismatch 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? :string is a symbol see http://www.randomhacks.net/articles/2007/01/20/13-ways-of-looking-at-a-ruby-symbol or http://blog.hasmanythrough.com/2008/4/19/symbols-are-not-pretty-strings Fred > > > Thanks > -c > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
