Specifying String Field Lengths in Ruby on Rails

Question

I cannot generate string fields with the specified length in the migration. They are always created with a length of 255 characters.

Somebody knows?

Answer 1

I think you are looking for the option :limit :

 class CreateUser < ActiveRecord::Migration def change create_table :users do |t| t.string :name, :limit => 10 end end end 

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