Where are the docs for Rails "script/generate model"?

Question

I am running

ruby script/generate scaffold

or

ruby script/generate model

and I know the basic syntax, like

ruby script/generate scaffold Dude name:string face:boolean

but I do not know things like:

Where can I find such information?

Note: With Rails 3 a lot of the old information is out-of-date. Current information about the script generators is at [A Guide to The Rails Command Line -> rails generate](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#rails-generate) — the Tin Man, Dec 01 '10 at 03:39
Rails 3 is a nice improvement. It's still a steep learning curve but it's not as bad as it once was. — the Tin Man, Dec 02 '10 at 23:40

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '09 at 02:15

Type the command without arguments and the documentation is revealed:

$ script/generate model

You can use either camelcase or underscores for the model name.

I can't remember all the possible field types, I just look them up from the Migration docs, as linked above.

Ronnie Liew · Answer 2 · 2012-01-22T07:00:29.057

10

This document on Rails Migration would help.

With respect to the naming convention, I think the general adopted convention for Ruby on Rails is to have underscores.

To know which variable types are acceptable, refer to the section on Database Mapping.

edited Jan 22 '12 at 07:00

answered Feb 05 '09 at 01:56

Ronnie Liew

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 25 '10 at 22:51

6

There is a resource on the rails wiki as a List of Available Generators.

edited Apr 25 '10 at 22:51

Doug Porter

answered Dec 07 '09 at 00:03

drew.macleod

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '09 at 02:08

3

To check Rails naming conventions, topfunky's Pluralizer was useful.

answered Feb 05 '09 at 02:08

Eric Davis

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 13:44

2

there is a new syntaxis for Rails is rails generate

answered Feb 15 '11 at 13:44

igor

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