Rails-TableNameAssignment.md

Pattern: Use of self.table_name assignment

Issue: -

Description

This rule enforces the absence of explicit table name assignment.

self.table_name= should only be used for very good reasons, such as not having control over the database, or working on a legacy project.

If you need to change how your model's name is translated to a table name, you may want to look at Inflections: https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Inflector/Inflections.html

If you wish to add a prefix in front of your model, or wish to change the default prefix, self.table_name_prefix might better suit your needs: https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/ModelSchema.html#method-c-table_name_prefix-3D

STI base classes named Base are ignored by this rule. For more information: https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Inheritance.html

Examples

# bad
self.table_name = 'some_table_name'
self.table_name = :some_other_name

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Include	+app/models/**/*.rb+	Array

Further Reading

• Rails - Rails/TableNameAssignment