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Andrew Schrenk
11,557 PointsWhen you generate the new table, why doesn't the migration happen automatically?
Why does ruby not do the migrate automatically? Just curious.
Thanks,
Andy
2 Answers
Jay McGavren
Treehouse TeacherNot sure why it doesn't run automatically in dev. I know in production, special care is needed surrounding migrations (see https://www.tintup.com/blog/automatic-rails-migrations-in-production-yes-or-no/), and the Rails team may have just applied that same logic to dev.
Andrew Schrenk
11,557 PointsThanks for the answer, Jay! It gives one something to think about, especially in the future when working on schema in large databases. Does Treehouse use MySQL?
Jay McGavren
Treehouse TeacherWe do, but personally, if I were starting over from scratch I'd have used PostgreSQL. Regardless, both options should be evaluated carefully for the project at hand.