method

new

v3.0.9 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column

new(name, default, sql_type = nil, null = true)

public

Instantiates a new column in the table.

name is the column’s name, such as supplier_id in supplier_id int(11). default is the type-casted default value, such as new in sales_stage varchar(20) default 'new'. sql_type is used to extract the column’s length, if necessary. For example 60 in company_name varchar(60). It will be mapped to one of the standard Rails SQL types in the type attribute. null determines if this column allows NULL values.

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 30
      def initialize(name, default, sql_type = nil, null = true)
        @name, @sql_type, @null = name, sql_type, null
        @limit, @precision, @scale = extract_limit(sql_type), extract_precision(sql_type), extract_scale(sql_type)
        @type = simplified_type(sql_type)
        @default = extract_default(default)

        @primary = nil
      end

new

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