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add_column

Ruby on Rails latest stable (v3.2.13) - 0 notes - Class: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQLAdapter

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add_column(table_name, column_name, type, options = {}) public

Adds a new column to the named table. See TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use.

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb, line 1017
      def add_column(table_name, column_name, type, options = {})
        clear_cache!
        add_column_sql = "ALTER TABLE #{quote_table_name(table_name)} ADD COLUMN #{quote_column_name(column_name)} #{type_to_sql(type, options[:limit], options[:precision], options[:scale])}"
        add_column_options!(add_column_sql, options)

        execute add_column_sql
      end

add_column

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