instance method `remove_column`

Ruby on Rails 5.2.8.1

Since v2.2.3

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

Compare with:

remove_column(table_name, column_name, type = nil, options = {})

Removes the column from the table definition.

remove_column(:suppliers, :qualification)

The type and options parameters will be ignored if present. It can be helpful to provide these in a migration’s change method so it can be reverted. In that case, type and options will be used by #add_column.

Parameters

table_name req
column_name req
type opt = nil
options opt = {}

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb, line 602
      def remove_column(table_name, column_name, type = nil, options = {})
        execute "ALTER TABLE #{quote_table_name(table_name)} #{remove_column_for_alter(table_name, column_name, type, options)}"
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb line 602 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements

Signature

Parameters