Create migration files in rails from existing mysql table

Question

I m developing an application in rails. I have created a table say "student" in mysql. Is there anyway to create its migration file in rails application? I have specified databse name in config/database.yml" and using others table too. But i want to create tables migration file. How can i do it?

Answer 1

• Start by referencing your existing MySQL database in database.yml
• run rake db:schema:dump to generate the schema.rb file
• Paste the create_table methods from your schema.rb into a new migration, and Voila!