ActiveRecord::Mysql::UuidColumn

Adds a :uuid column to ActiveRecord MySQL2 Adapter it is stored in a 16 bytes binary column. which is exactly the space it needs.

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Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'activerecord-mysql-uuid-column'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install activerecord-mysql-uuid-column

Usage

Regular MySQL ActiveRecord config

test:
  adapter: mysql2
  username: root
  host: localhost
  reconnect: true
  database: awesome_project_of_yours

Adds column type uuid

ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161122225732) do
  create_table "workers", force: true do |t|
    t.uuid     "job_uuid"
  end
end

Define it in your model

class Worker < ActiveRecord::Base
  attribute :job_uuid, :uuid
end

Then use as regular string column, except that it will be stored in a 16 bytes binary column.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mathieujobin/activerecord-mysql-uuid-column. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

Online API Doc

On libraries.io

Resources

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.