ScenicOraclePk

Add a primary key to your Scenic-generated database views. Tested in Oracle, may work elsewhere, too.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'scenic_oracle_pk'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install scenic_oracle_pk

Within your migration's change method, either by itself, or directly after a create_view or update_view directive, add this line:

create_pk_for_view(:view_name, :column_name)

The column_name argument is optional, and defaults to :id.

Calling this method will add a primary key to your database view that Rails can interrogate and use to inform your ActiveRecord-based model for that view. This means that you won't need to use the self.primary_key = :foo trick that is usually required when a model uses a database view as its data source.

If you need to remove this primary key (say, in a #down migration method), you may use the inverse:

remove_pk_for_view(:view_name, :column_name)

Both of these methods are reversible.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test 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/PMACS/scenic_oracle_pk. 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.

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

Everyone interacting in the ScenicOraclePk project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.