# Executing raw SQL in migrations?

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/executing-raw-sql-in-migrations/3896>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [November 1, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/executing-raw-sql-in-migrations/3896 "2006-11-01T23:15:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_Hickey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@Ed\_Hickey](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Ed_Hickey)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/executing-raw-sql-in-migrations/3896/1 "2006-11-01T23:15:55Z")

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execute “ALTER TABLE …”

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