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class CreateProducts < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
def change
create_table :products do |t|
t.string :name
t.text :description
t.decimal :price, precision: 8, scale: 2
t.timestamps
end
end
end
Explanation:
1. class CreateProducts < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
: This line defines a new migration class named CreateProducts
that inherits from ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
, indicating that it is a migration for the Rails version 6.0.
def change
: This line starts thechange
method, which contains the changes to be applied to the database.create_table :products do |t|
: This line begins the creation of a new database table namedproducts
. The block variablet
is used to define the table's columns.t.string :name
: This line creates a column namedname
with a data type of string.t.text :description
: This line creates a column nameddescription
with a data type of text, suitable for storing longer textual data.t.decimal :price, precision: 8, scale: 2
: This line creates a decimal column namedprice
with a precision of 8 digits and a scale of 2, suitable for storing a monetary value.t.timestamps
: This line automatically adds two timestamp columns,created_at
andupdated_at
, which will be automatically updated by Rails to track when a record is created or updated.end
: This line marks the end of the block started withcreate_table
.end
: This line marks the end of thechange
method.
The overall purpose of this migration is to create a products
table in the database with columns for name
, description
, price
, created_at
, and updated_at
. The decimal
type for price
is suitable for precise monetary values. The timestamps
will be managed by Rails for automatic tracking of record creation and updates.