I am interested in testing Rails with a database whose tables are not
named according to Ruby standards.The tables do do not use PLURAL
names, and they use underscores.
For example, I have a table called bbc_customer that I would like to
use.
Any good sites which discuss how to customize in this way? thanks!
There is a meta-function in ActiveRecord::Base named ‘set_table_name’ that allows you to override the default table name. So in your case:
class Customer < AR::Base
set_table_name ‘bbc_customer’
end
However, if all of your tables start with bbc_, then you can add a line to your config.rb:
ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_prefix = ‘bbc_’
ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_tables = false # May have to look this one up, I can’t remember
As for a webpage that describes all of the AR config settings, I’m not able to find one. Your best bet is to just look into the active_record source, starting with active_record/base.rb.