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chunpan / auto_truncate_string_column.rb

Last active April 21, 2021 22:17

Ruby Module to Allow Auto Truncation of String Columns using ActiveRecord Callbacks

	require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
	require 'active_support/concern'

	# This module enables a simple declaration for the including ActiveRecord model
	# class to specify one or more columns (attributes) to automatically truncate
	# its length to a max value or as defined by the column width in your schema.
	#
	# Usage example:
	#
	# class MyModel << ActiveRecord::Base