Auto changing column type don't work on PostgreSQL

[Xanders]

Hello. It's look like changing column type is not working at PostgreSQL. For example:

class Some < ActiveRecord::Base
  field :super_field, as: :integer
  auto_upgrade!
end

Works well. Then I change :integer to :text, reload app and Some class... And nothing happend. :( Is it for me only or it's a bug?

Any other changings (adding, removing columns etc.) works perfectly.

[burnt43]

I can reproduce this issue. I'm using MySQL though with the mysql2 adapter.

Reproduction Steps
I created a dummy class

class Foobar < ActiveRecord::Base
  field :name, as: :string
  field :data, as: :integer
end

I ran auto_upgrade!

irb(main):001:0> Foobar
=> Foobar(Table doesn't exist)
irb(main):002:0> Foobar.auto_upgrade!
[MiniRecord] Creating Table foobars
   (542.8ms)  CREATE TABLE `foobars` (`id` int(11) auto_increment PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB
[MiniRecord] Adding column foobars.name
   (514.5ms)  ALTER TABLE `foobars` ADD `name` varchar(255)
[MiniRecord] Adding column foobars.data
   (444.6ms)  ALTER TABLE `foobars` ADD `data` int(11)
=> nil

I changed the type to text

class Foobar < ActiveRecord::Base
  field :name, as: :string
  field :data, as: :text
end

I ran auto_upgrade! again

irb(main):003:0> Foobar.auto_upgrade!
=> nil

I double check column type in MySQL and it is still an integer.

MariaDB [test_app_development]> describe foobars;
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id    | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| name  | varchar(255) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| data  | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+

[burnt43]

I found the issue and I am able to get it to change the column type. I will submit a PR soon.

You can ignore my puts statements prefaced with "[JAMES]".

irb(main):024:0> Foobar.auto_upgrade!
[JAMES] ---- TEST
[JAMES] id
[JAMES] name
[JAMES] new_attr: {}, changed: false
[JAMES] new_type: string
[JAMES] data
[MiniRecord] Detected schema change for foobars.data#type from :integer to :text
[JAMES] new_attr: {:type=>:text}, changed: true
[JAMES] new_type: text
[MiniRecord] Changing column foobars.data to new type text
   (721.5ms)  ALTER TABLE `foobars` CHANGE `data` `data` text DEFAULT NULL
=> nil

Now I look at my DB and the column is text now!

MariaDB [test_app_development]> describe foobars;
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id    | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| name  | varchar(255) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| data  | text         | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+

[Xanders]

@burnt43, thank you very much! It's amazing responce speed! I'll wait for a new release with your PR! :)

[burnt43]

@Xanders, if you need this quickly you can update your Gemfile and point it to my github burnt43/mini_record until the PR is fix and accepted.

[Xanders]

@burnt43, thank you for a tip! :) I don't need it so quickly. :)