Migration Model

Ever wanted to use models in your migration? Everybody told you not to, but you did anyway.

Later on, your migrations started exploding because of changes you made to your model. Major FAIL.

Now, your can safely use your models in migrations without getting yelled at! YAY!

FAIL Example

def self.up
  User.create :with => 'some stuff'  # FAIL!  Changing the User model may easily break this
end

YAY OK Example

def self.up
  mm(User).create :with => 'some stuff'  # YAY!  So long as the columns exist, you're good!
end

How to install?

$ sudo gem install migration_model

Usage

safe_user_model = migration_model(User)
safe_user_model.delete_all
safe_user_model.create :some => 'stuff'

safe_user_model = mm(User) # mm is a shortcut to migration_model
bob = safe_user_model.create :name => 'bob'
mm(User).find_all_by_name 'bob'

You can use your 'migration model' just like you use the real one, EXCEPT:

the migration model has NO associations
the migration model has NO validations
the migration model has NONE of your model's custom logic

When you use models in your migrations, you typically just want to use the convenience of ActiveRecord to move around data.

IF for some reason you need to add custom logic to your migration models:

safe_user = mm(User) do

  # anything that works in a normal model will work in here

  has_many :comments

  named_scope :active, :conditions => ['active = ?', true]

  def something_custom
    'w00t'
  end
end

safe_user.comments