rake db:migrate:up to change scaffold??

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I created a scaffold for a table 'mytable' in mysql with two columns and then ran rake db:migrate. This worked. Then I wanted to add a column to the existing 'mytable' in the database. So I go to migrate directory and modify the create_mytable.rb file to add a new column. Then I run rake db:migrate:up . Gives me error: rake aborted VERSION is required.

I want to know how to change scaffold and change database during my development. I am thinking of changing datatypes or coulumns in the table.

Am I using wrong approach, please let me know. Also references to advanced tutorials on scaffolding would help me.

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You don’t change the migration you’ve already ran, you make a new one.

For more on migrations, see here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/migrations.html

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Steve Klabnik wrote:

You don't change the migration you've already ran, you make a new one.

For more on migrations, see here: Active Record Migrations — Ruby on Rails Guides

Thank you. I am reading up on it.