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module ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQL::ColumnMethods

Public instance methods

bigserial(*names, **options)

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bit(*names, **options)

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bit_varying(*names, **options)

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box(*names, **options)

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cidr(*names, **options)

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circle(*names, **options)

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citext(*names, **options)

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daterange(*names, **options)

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enum(*names, **options)

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb, line 184
included do
  define_column_methods :bigserial, :bit, :bit_varying, :cidr, :citext, :daterange,
    :hstore, :inet, :interval, :int4range, :int8range, :jsonb, :ltree, :macaddr,
    :money, :numrange, :oid, :point, :line, :lseg, :box, :path, :polygon, :circle,
    :serial, :tsrange, :tstzrange, :tsvector, :uuid, :xml, :timestamptz, :enum
end

hstore(*names, **options)

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inet(*names, **options)

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int4range(*names, **options)

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int8range(*names, **options)

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interval(*names, **options)

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jsonb(*names, **options)

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line(*names, **options)

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lseg(*names, **options)

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ltree(*names, **options)

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macaddr(*names, **options)

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money(*names, **options)

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numrange(*names, **options)

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oid(*names, **options)

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path(*names, **options)

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point(*names, **options)

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polygon(*names, **options)

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primary_key(name, type = :primary_key, **options)

Defines the primary key field. Use of the native PostgreSQL UUID type is supported, and can be used by defining your tables as such:

create_table :stuffs, id: :uuid do |t|
  t.string :content
  t.timestamps
end

By default, this will use the gen_random_uuid() function from the pgcrypto extension. As that extension is only available in PostgreSQL 9.4+, for earlier versions an explicit default can be set to use uuid_generate_v4() from the uuid-ossp extension instead:

create_table :stuffs, id: false do |t|
  t.primary_key :id, :uuid, default: "uuid_generate_v4()"
  t.uuid :foo_id
  t.timestamps
end

To enable the appropriate extension, which is a requirement, use the enable_extension method in your migrations.

To use a UUID primary key without any of the extensions, set the :default option to nil:

create_table :stuffs, id: false do |t|
  t.primary_key :id, :uuid, default: nil
  t.uuid :foo_id
  t.timestamps
end

You may also pass a custom stored procedure that returns a UUID or use a different UUID generation function from another library.

Note that setting the UUID primary key default value to nil will require you to assure that you always provide a UUID value before saving a record (as primary keys cannot be nil). This might be done via the SecureRandom.uuid method and a before_save callback, for instance.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb, line 48
def primary_key(name, type = :primary_key, **options)
  if type == :uuid
    options[:default] = options.fetch(:default, "gen_random_uuid()")
  end

  super
end

serial(*names, **options)

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timestamptz(*names, **options)

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tsrange(*names, **options)

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tstzrange(*names, **options)

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tsvector(*names, **options)

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uuid(*names, **options)

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xml(*names, **options)

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