Best way to add attributes to User Model in Ruby on Rails

Question

my User Model looks like:

    class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
       def self.up
         create_table :users do |t|
         t.string :name
         t.string :email

         t.timestamps
       end
    end

      def self.down
        drop_table :users
        end
      end

If I wanted add one more :attribute, is it best to create another migration file for adding a new column (see another Stackoverflow thread) or can I just manually add t.string :name_of_new_attribute and then rake db:migrate?

Thanks!

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '14 at 20:40

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The proper way is to create a new migration. In the main rails project folder, run

rails generate migration AddDetailsToUser address:string age:integer etc...

and then run rake db:migrate

An alternative to this is to edit the original migration file, reset/destroy the database and re-run all migrations.

edited Dec 12 '14 at 20:40

JBaczuk

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answered Apr 16 '12 at 01:23

Norto23

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So when I would like to add more attributes in the future, can I simply edit this migration file? – Elias7 Apr 16 '12 at 04:42
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You'd be best to create another migration with the new attributes in it – Norto23 Apr 16 '12 at 04:43

Best way to add attributes to User Model in Ruby on Rails

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