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Michael Wei
647 PointsWhy create a new migrate file instead of modifying the original CreateStatuses migrate file?
For adding the user_id column and removing the name column, why not modify the create_statuses file instead of creating a new add_user_id_to_statuses file?
Is it because create_statuses won't actually run anymore, because we've already created the statuses table, and may want to keep the data that's in it instead of deleting it and starting from scratch?
Bruno Bandeira de Azevedo
25,374 PointsBruno Bandeira de Azevedo
25,374 PointsIt's always good to build your migration files in increments, so that if you need to do a Rollback you can do so in small steps. But you could do that if you wanted to, sure =P