instance method `primary_key`

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Since v5.2.8.1

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primary_key(name, type = :primary_key, **options)

Defines the primary key field. Use of the native PostgreSQL UUID type is supported, and can be used by defining your tables as such:

create_table :stuffs, id: :uuid do |t|
  t.string :content
  t.timestamps
end

By default, this will use the gen_random_uuid() function.

To use a UUID primary key without any defaults, set the :default option to nil:

create_table :stuffs, id: false do |t|
  t.primary_key :id, :uuid, default: nil
  t.uuid :foo_id
  t.timestamps
end

You may also pass a custom stored procedure that returns a UUID or use a different UUID generation function from another library.

Note that setting the UUID primary key default value to nil will require you to assure that you always provide a UUID value before saving a record (as primary keys cannot be nil). This might be done via the SecureRandom.uuid method and a before_save callback, for instance.

Parameters

name req
type opt = :primary_key
options keyrest

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb, line 37
        def primary_key(name, type = :primary_key, **options)
          if type == :uuid
            options[:default] = options.fetch(:default, "gen_random_uuid()")
          end

          super
        end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb line 37 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQL::ColumnMethods

Signature

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