Configure this legacy database in your database.yml file and then: rake db:schema:dump
The schema.rb file will contain the legacy database structure. - Maurício Linhares http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/ (en) On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM, JannaB<[email protected]> wrote: > > So, I guess the answer to my question -- can I create migrations from > a given sql schema, is no? > > On Jun 5, 6:30 pm, Norm <[email protected]> wrote: >> JannaB wrote:I have a legacy db I need to write a project around. Can >> someone tell me how I can create my migrations from the table structure. Can >> this even be done, or must I create my migrations by hand? Thanks, JannaThe >> purpose of migrations is to create the database tables. They are not really >> needed for anything else. If you do not need them to recreate the tables >> you do not need the migrations. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
