Do I Generate a :primary_key to Create Headers in Table?

Question

Rails g scaffold Quantified {type:string (i.e. average or instance) name:string metric:string} result:decimal date:date

Do I use a :primary_key to help generate the below table? I put the main components in the above brackets.

I want the bracketed data types to be the headers of the table, then whenever a user submits a new _form that includes an existing type, name, & metric (i.e. primary_keys?) then the _form would add a new column reflecting the result & date to the preexisting row.

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Here's what a similar table looks like live on my blog: http://www.anthonygalli.com/quantify/

Not sure I understand the question but rails will generate an `id` column to be used as a primary key. — engineersmnky, Jan 05 '15 at 19:19
I couldn't figure out what primary_key does from what I read. I thought it would help me specify certain data types as being associated with other date types to help me create the table above from the command line. — AnthonyGalli.com, Jan 06 '15 at 00:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '15 at 02:36

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No :primary_key was needed I used scope in the rb file instead.

answered Jan 07 '15 at 02:36

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