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rename_index

Ruby on Rails latest stable (v7.1.3.2) - 0 notes - Class: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements

rename_index(table_name, old_name, new_name) public

Renames an index.

Rename the index_people_on_last_name index to index_users_on_last_name:

rename_index :people, 'index_people_on_last_name', 'index_users_on_last_name'

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 951
      def rename_index(table_name, old_name, new_name)
        old_name = old_name.to_s
        new_name = new_name.to_s
        validate_index_length!(table_name, new_name)

        # this is a naive implementation; some DBs may support this more efficiently (PostgreSQL, for instance)
        old_index_def = indexes(table_name).detect { |i| i.name == old_name }
        return unless old_index_def
        add_index(table_name, old_index_def.columns, name: new_name, unique: old_index_def.unique)
        remove_index(table_name, name: old_name)
      end

rename_index

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