Thanks, Conrad. I thought since we're on Rails 2 there'd be a better way. But I guess that scaffold is going to be deprecated soon, so core members don't want to do any more work on it. Too bad, because it's a way neat to get a concept-demo fast and amaze prospective clients.
Best wishes, Richard On Apr 3, 7:33 pm, Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:02 PM, RichardOnRails < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > It appears to me that the command: > > ruby script/generate scaffold whatever money_field:decimal(10,2) > > will not generate a valid migration. > > Yes, the syntax is invalid and the correct syntax should be: > > ruby script/generate scaffold whatever money_field:decimal > > Next, you'll simply have to edit the migration file to add the scale option. > > Good luck, > > -Conrad > > > Therefore it appears to me only two ways to achieve the desired result > > is: > > > 1.1 Omit the the precision/scale on the scaffold command > > 1.2 Edit the migration file by following the "do |t| ... end" with > > the command: > > > change_column :whatever :money_field, :amount, :decimal, :precision > > => 10, :scale => 2 > > I think this approach worked for me > > > 2.1 Omit the money_field in it's entirety > > 2.2 Create a second migration file an add the command: > > > add_column :whatever :money_field, :amount, :decimal, :precision > > => 10, :scale => 2 > > I'm guessing this will work as well > > > BTW, I'm running Rails 2.3.5, Ruby 1.8.6, WinXP-Pro/SP3, Firefox > > 3.6.2, Firebug 1.5.3, > > MySQL 5.0.37-community-nt, Mongrel, Apache HTTP Server 2.2.15 > > > What do you think? > > > Best wishes, > > Richard > > > -- > > 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 [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

