PgComment

https://github.com/albertosaurus/pg_comment

In any PostgreSQL database where the Rails app is not the only consumer, it is very helpful to have comments on the various elements of the schema. PgComment extends the migrations DSL with methods to set and remove comments on columns, tables and indexes. It also dumps those comments into your schema.rb.

Obviously, only the PostgreSQL adapter (ether 'pg' or 'activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter') is supported. All bug reports are welcome.

• Ruby 1.8.7, Ruby 1.9.2, Ruby 1.9.3, JRuby 1.6+
• ActiveRecord 3.0, 3.1, 3.2

Add the following to the Gemfile of your Rails app:

gem 'pg_comment'

then run

bundle install

Alternatively you can manually install from RubyGems:

gem install pg_comment

PgComment adds eight methods to the migrations DSL:

• set_table_comment(table_name, comment)
• remove_table_comment(table_name)
• set_column_comment(table_name, column_name, comment)
• remove_column_comment(table_name, column_name, comment)
• set_column_comments(table_name, column_comment_hash)
• remove_column_comments(table_name, *column_names)
• set_index_comment(index_name, comment)
• remove_index_comment(index_name)

# Set a comment on the given table.
set_table_comment :phone_numbers, 'This table stores phone numbers that conform to the North American Numbering Plan.'

# Sets a comment on a given column of a given table.
set_column_comment :phone_numbers, :npa, 'Numbering Plan Area Code - Allowed ranges: [2-9] for first digit, [0-9] for second and third digit.'

# Removes any comment from the given table.
remove_table_comment :phone_numbers

# Removes any comment from the given column of a given table.
remove_column_comment :phone_numbers, :npa

# Set comments on multiple columns in the table.
set_column_comments :phone_numbers,
                    :npa => 'Numbering Plan Area Code - Allowed ranges: [2-9] for first digit, [0-9] for second and third digit.',
                    :nxx => 'Central Office Number'

# Remove comments from multiple columns in the table.
remove_column_comments :phone_numbers, :npa, :nxx

# Set a comment on an index
set_index_comment :index_phone_numbers_on_npa, 'Unique index on area code'

# Remove a comment from an index
remove_index_comment :index_phone_numbers_on_npa

PgComment also adds extra methods to change_table.

# Set comments:
change_table :phone_numbers do |t|
  t.set_table_comment 'This table stores phone numbers that conform to the North American Numbering Plan.'
  t.set_column_comment :npa, 'Numbering Plan Area Code - Allowed ranges: [2-9] for first digit, [0-9] for second and third digit.'
end

change_table :phone_numbers do |t|
  t.set_column_comments :npa => 'Numbering Plan Area Code - Allowed ranges: [2-9] for first digit, [0-9] for second and third digit.',
                        :nxx => 'Central Office Number'
end

# Remove comments:
change_table :phone_numbers do |t|
  t.remove_table_comment
  t.remove_column_comment :npa
end

change_table :phone_numbers do |t|
  t.remove_column_comments :npa, :nxx
end

Install the development dependencies (you will need to compile the native dependencies for Postgres, so make sure your development environment is set up)

bundle install

Modify the credentials in spec/dummy/config/database.yml as needed, then run specs.

bundle exec rake spec

Test coverage (as measured by SimpleCov) should be 100%

Contributions are welcome and appreciated. However, before you submit your pull request, please be sure to do the following:

• Make sure all specs pass.
• Make sure you have test coverage for any new features; run bundle exec rake spec
• Make sure any new code has RDoc comments; run bundle exec yard stats --list-undoc

Also, please see CONTRIBUTING.markdown.

Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Arthur Shagall, Mindflight, Inc.

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.