Method: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column#initialize

Defined in:
lib/active_record/connection_adapters/column.rb

#initialize(name, default, sql_type_metadata = nil, null = true, table_name = nil, default_function = nil, collation = nil, comment: nil) ⇒ Column

Instantiates a new column in the table.

name is the column’s name, such as supplier_id in supplier_id int. default is the type-casted default value, such as new in sales_stage varchar(20) default 'new'. sql_type_metadata is various information about the type of the column null determines if this column allows NULL values.



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# File 'lib/active_record/connection_adapters/column.rb', line 16

def initialize(name, default, sql_type_metadata = nil, null = true, table_name = nil, default_function = nil, collation = nil, comment: nil)
  @name = name.freeze
  @table_name = table_name
  @sql_type_metadata = sql_type_metadata
  @null = null
  @default = default
  @default_function = default_function
  @collation = collation
  @comment = comment
end