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then the generator will create a module with a table_name_prefix method
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to prefix the model's table name with the module name (e.g. admin_account)
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+ Available field types:
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+ Just after the field name you can specify a type like text or boolean.
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+ It will generate the column with the associated SQL type. For instance:
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+ `rails generate model post title:string body:text`
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+ will generate a title column with a varchar type and a body column with a text
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+ type. You can use the following types:
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+ integer
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+ primary_key
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+ decimal
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+ float
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+ boolean
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+ binary
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+ string
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+ text
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+ date
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+ time
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+ datetime
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+ timestamp
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+ You can also consider `references` as a kind of type. For instance, if you run:
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+ `rails generate model photo title:string album:references`
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+ It will generate an album_id column. You should generate this kind of fields when
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+ you will use a `belongs_to` association for instance. `references` also support
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+ the polymorphism, you could enable the polymorphism like this:
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+ `rails generate model product supplier:references{polymorphic}`
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+ You can also specify some options just after the field type. You can use the
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+ following options:
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+ limit Set the maximum size of the field giving a number between curly braces
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+ default Set a default value for the field
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+ precision Defines the precision for the decimal fields
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+ scale Defines the scale for the decimal fields
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+ uniq Defines the field values as unique
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+ index Will add an index on the field
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+ Examples:
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+ `rails generate model user pseudo:string{30}`
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+ `rails generate model user pseudo:string:uniq`
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Examples:
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`rails generate model account`
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