How can I rename a database column in a Ruby on Ra

Question

I wrongly named a column hased_password instead of hashed_password.

How do I update the database schema, using migration to rename this column?

Answer 1

You have two ways to do this:

1. In this type it automatically runs the reverse code of it, when rollback.

   def change
     rename_column :table_name, :old_column_name, :new_column_name
   end
   

2. To this type, it runs the up method when rake db:migrate and runs the down method when rake db:rollback:

   def self.up
     rename_column :table_name, :old_column_name, :new_column_name
   end
   
   def self.down
     rename_column :table_name,:new_column_name,:old_column_name
   end