tng-rails-code-snippets-3.md#

rails generate migration add_email_to_users email:string
rails db:migrate

> rails db:rollback
> $rake db:migrate:redo     # This will roll back the last migration and migrate it again.
> rake db:schema:load       # if you make changes in the schema.rb file (this wipes all your data)

rake db:rollback STEP=1
or rollback this specific migration by

rake db:migrate:down VERSION=<YYYYMMDDHHMMSS>
> and edit the file, then run rake db:mirgate again.

class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration  
  def self.up  
    add_column :users, :email, :string  
    create_table :users do |t|  
      t.string :username  
      t.string :email  
      t.string :crypted_password  
      t.string :password_salt  
      t.string :persistence_token  

      t.timestamps  
    end  
  end  

  def self.down  
    drop_table :users  
  end  
end

> You also can use special change_table method in the migration for adding new columns:

change_table(:users) do |t|
  t.column :email, :string
end

> rails generate migration add_dob_to_customer dob:date
>
> The migration file will generate the following code except after: :email. you need to add after: :email or before: :email

class AddDobToCustomer < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
  def change
    add_column :customers, :dob, :date, after: :email
  end
end