If you are trying to special case something in a view, you can use current_page?
as in:
<% if current_page?(:controller => 'users', :action => 'index') %>
...or an action and id...
<% if current_page?(:controller => 'users', :action => 'show', :id => 1) %>
...or a named route...
<% if current_page?(users_path) %>
...and
<% if current_page?(user_path(1)) %>
Because current_page?
requires both a controller and action, when I care about just the controller I make a current_controller?
method in ApplicationController:
def current_controller?(names)
names.include?(current_controller)
end
And use it like this:
<% if current_controller?('users') %>
...which also works with multiple controller names...
<% if current_controller?(['users', 'comments']) %>
rename_column :table, :old_column, :new_column
You'll probably want to create a separate migration to do this. (Rename FixColumnName
as you will.):
script/generate migration FixColumnName
# creates db/migrate/xxxxxxxxxx_fix_column_name.rb
Then edit the migration to do your will:
# db/migrate/xxxxxxxxxx_fix_column_name.rb
class FixColumnName < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
rename_column :table_name, :old_column, :new_column
end
def self.down
# rename back if you need or do something else or do nothing
end
end
For Rails 3.1 use:
While, the up
and down
methods still apply, Rails 3.1 receives a change
method that "knows how to migrate your database and reverse it when the migration is rolled back without the need to write a separate down method".
See "Active Record Migrations" for more information.
rails g migration FixColumnName
class FixColumnName < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
rename_column :table_name, :old_column, :new_column
end
end
If you happen to have a whole bunch of columns to rename, or something that would have required repeating the table name over and over again:
rename_column :table_name, :old_column1, :new_column1
rename_column :table_name, :old_column2, :new_column2
...
You could use change_table
to keep things a little neater:
class FixColumnNames < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
change_table :table_name do |t|
t.rename :old_column1, :new_column1
t.rename :old_column2, :new_column2
...
end
end
end
Then just db:migrate
as usual or however you go about your business.
For Rails 4:
While creating a Migration
for renaming a column, Rails 4 generates a change
method instead of up
and down
as mentioned in the above section. The generated change
method is:
$ > rails g migration ChangeColumnName
which will create a migration file similar to:
class ChangeColumnName < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
rename_column :table_name, :old_column, :new_column
end
end
Best Answer
A member route will require an ID, because it acts on a member. A collection route doesn't because it acts on a collection of objects. Preview is an example of a member route, because it acts on (and displays) a single object. Search is an example of a collection route, because it acts on (and displays) a collection of objects.