tony spencer

Sometimes you add a column to a table in a migration and then you want populate the new column with some data. Run your migration and while your column has been created in the database, your data does not populate. The problem is that those columns are not accessible via ActiveRecord and so you just need to tell it to update itself:

add_column :user, :favorite_beer, :string
User.reset_column_information  #<<<<<<<< Here is the ActiveRecord reload
tony = User.find_by_name "Tony Spencer"
tony.favorite_beer = "Terrapin Rye Pale Ale"
tony.save