Active Workbench¶ ↑

This gem generates ActiveRecord Model files from a MySQL Workbench .mwb file. ActiveRecord’s associations will be added to models by analyzing foreign keys in MySQL Workbench EER Model.

• git clone git://github.com/woolf/active_workbench.git

• cd active_workbench

• gem build active_workbench.gemspec

• gem install the gem that was built

Usage: amwbench [options] path_to_file.mwb

-c, --create PATH                Create ActiveRecord classes in provided directory. Warning! files with same name will be overwriten.
-v, --verbose                    Run verbosely
-?, --help                       Show this help

If you do not specify -c option, then results output will shown in console.

Sample output for Sakila example database which you can download here dev.mysql.com/doc/index-other.html Or use file provided it this gem in test folder.

• cd active_workbench

• amwbench test/sakila.mwb

  class Rental < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("rental")
    has_many :payments, :class_name => "Payment", :primary_key = "rental_id"
    belongs_to :staff, :class_name => "Staff", :primary_key = "staff_id"
    belongs_to :customer, :class_name => "Customer", :primary_key = "customer_id"
    belongs_to :inventory, :class_name => "Inventory", :primary_key = "inventory_id"
  end
  
  class FilmActor < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("film_actor")
    belongs_to :actor, :class_name => "Actor", :primary_key = "actor_id"
    belongs_to :film, :class_name => "Film", :primary_key = "film_id"
  end
  
  class Actor < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("actor")
    has_many :film_actors, :class_name => "FilmActor", :primary_key = "actor_id"
  end
  
  class City < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("city")
    belongs_to :country, :class_name => "Country", :primary_key = "country_id"
    has_many :addres, :class_name => "Addres", :primary_key = "city_id"
  end
  
  class Addres < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("address")
    has_many :customers, :class_name => "Customer", :foreign_key => "address_id", :primary_key = "address_id"
    belongs_to :city, :class_name => "City", :primary_key = "city_id"
    has_many :staffs, :class_name => "Staff", :foreign_key => "address_id", :primary_key = "address_id"
    has_many :stores, :class_name => "Store", :foreign_key => "address_id", :primary_key = "address_id"
  end
  
  class Inventory < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("inventory")
    belongs_to :film, :class_name => "Film", :primary_key = "film_id"
    has_many :film_texts, :class_name => "FilmText", :foreign_key => "film_id", :primary_key = "film_id"
    belongs_to :store, :class_name => "Store", :primary_key = "store_id"
    has_many :rentals, :class_name => "Rental", :primary_key = "inventory_id"
  end
  
  class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("category")
    has_many :film_categories, :class_name => "FilmCategory", :primary_key = "category_id"
  end
  
  class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("customer")
    has_many :payments, :class_name => "Payment", :primary_key = "customer_id"
    belongs_to :addre, :class_name => "Addres", :foreign_key => "address_id", :primary_key = "address_id"
    belongs_to :store, :class_name => "Store", :primary_key = "store_id"
    has_many :rentals, :class_name => "Rental", :primary_key = "customer_id"
  end
  
  class FilmCategory < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("film_category")
    belongs_to :film, :class_name => "Film", :primary_key = "film_id"
    belongs_to :category, :class_name => "Category", :primary_key = "category_id"
  end
  
  class Film < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("film")
    has_many :inventories, :class_name => "Inventory", :primary_key = "film_id"
    belongs_to :language, :class_name => "Language", :foreign_key => "original_language_id", :primary_key = "language_id"
    has_many :film_categories, :class_name => "FilmCategory", :primary_key = "film_id"
    has_many :film_actors, :class_name => "FilmActor", :primary_key = "film_id"
    belongs_to :language, :class_name => "Language", :primary_key = "language_id"
  end
  
  class Staff < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("staff")
    has_many :stores, :class_name => "Store", :foreign_key => "manager_staff_id", :primary_key = "manager_staff_id"
    has_many :rentals, :class_name => "Rental", :primary_key = "staff_id"
    belongs_to :store, :class_name => "Store", :primary_key = "store_id"
    has_many :payments, :class_name => "Payment", :primary_key = "staff_id"
    belongs_to :addre, :class_name => "Addres", :foreign_key => "address_id", :primary_key = "address_id"
  end
  
  class Store < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("store")
    belongs_to :staff, :class_name => "Staff", :foreign_key => "manager_staff_id", :primary_key = "staff_id"
    has_many :customers, :class_name => "Customer", :primary_key = "store_id"
    has_many :staffs, :class_name => "Staff", :primary_key = "store_id"
    has_many :inventories, :class_name => "Inventory", :primary_key = "store_id"
    belongs_to :addre, :class_name => "Addres", :foreign_key => "address_id", :primary_key = "address_id"
  end
  
  class Payment < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("payment")
    belongs_to :rental, :class_name => "Rental", :primary_key = "rental_id"
    belongs_to :customer, :class_name => "Customer", :primary_key = "customer_id"
    belongs_to :staff, :class_name => "Staff", :primary_key = "staff_id"
  end
  
  class Language < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("language")
    has_many :films, :class_name => "Film", :foreign_key => "original_language_id", :primary_key = "original_language_id"
    has_many :films, :class_name => "Film", :primary_key = "language_id"
  end
  
  class FilmText < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("film_text")
    belongs_to :inventory, :class_name => "Inventory", :foreign_key => "film_id", :primary_key = "film_id"
  end
  
  class Country < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name("country")
    has_many :cities, :class_name => "City", :primary_key = "country_id"
  end

• active_workbench does not generate valid PK for ActiveRecord model if primary key differs from id

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