ActiveRecord::Mysql::UuidColumn

Adds a :uuid column to ActiveRecord MySQL2 Adapter it is stored in a 16 bytes binary column. which is exactly the space it needs.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'activerecord-mysql-uuid-column'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install activerecord-mysql-uuid-column

Regular MySQL ActiveRecord config

test:
  adapter: mysql2
  username: root
  host: localhost
  reconnect: true
  database: awesome_project_of_yours

Adds column type uuid

ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161122225732) do
  create_table "workers", force: true do |t|
    t.uuid     "job_uuid"
  end
end

Define it in your model

class Worker < ActiveRecord::Base
  attribute :job_uuid, :uuid
end

Then use as regular string column, except that it will be stored in a 16 bytes binary column.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mathieujobin/activerecord-mysql-uuid-column. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

• http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/activerecord-mysql-uuid-column/0.2.0

• https://libraries.io/rubygems/activerecord-mysql-uuid-column

• https://christoph.luppri.ch/articles/2017/01/07/adding-custom-types-to-your-activerecord-models-with-the-attributes-api/
• https://karolgalanciak.com/blog/2016/12/04/introduction-to-activerecord-and-activemodel-attributes-api/
• https://blog.metova.com/rails-5-attributes-api
• https://gorails.com/episodes/virtual-attributes-and-rails-5-attribute-api

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.