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## Models, Databases, Relationships in Rails | |
#### What is the difference between a primary key and a foreign key? | |
Primary Keys are uniq_ids for a table, foreign keys are primary keys featured on a separate table. | |
#### Where would we find a primary key? | |
On any table. | |
#### What would it be called by default? | |
Id. | |
#### Where would we find a foreign key? | |
On a Join Table | |
#### What is the naming convention for a foreign key? | |
tablename_id | |
#### Write down one example of: | |
* a `one-to-one `relationship: Person-to-Fingerprint | |
* a `one-to-many relationship`: Bag-to-Cheetos | |
* a `many-to-many relationship`: People-to-Cheetos | |
#### What's the difference between test, development, and production databases? | |
They are separate databases, containing different data, for each environment (test, development, and production) | |
#### How do you create a Rails app form the command line with a postgres database? | |
rails new appname -d postgresql | |
rails new appname --database=postgresql | |
#### What files are greated by typing `rails g model ...`? | |
The model.rb file, the model_test.rb, a fixture to provide the model_test fake data, and the migration.rb file. | |
#### What's the difference between typing `rails g model ...` and `rails g migration ...`? | |
model generates 4 files, model / model_test / fixture / migration file. | |
migration generates only the migration file. | |
#### Imagine that the items table has a category called quantity. What command would you type if you wanted to get rid of the quantity attribute? | |
rails g migration RemoveQuantityFromItems quantity:integer |
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