On: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:57:03 -0400, Bryan Nelson <shrek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Tom, rake is a rails command, also after doing a \d geo_data > it does show that it's adding an id column before everything > else. I'm guessing my best bet is going to be creating the table > by hand as I have no idea how to tell it not to create the extra > field. > > Thanks for the help everyone, figured it had to be something > simple. Shows how new I am at postgres. > 1. Rake has nothing to do with Ruby on Rails. Rake is the Ruby Make utility. I believe that it and RubyGems, the Ruby package manager, are now bundled with Ruby-1.9 but they are still separate projects and utilities. The RoR framework is a completely different beast. 2. If you are using rake db:migrate then you are using ActiveModel/ActiveRecord from Rails which provides the task that you are running with Rake. Removing the synthetic key (:id) that AR expects from your tables is going to cause you a world of hurt if you then expect to access your database using ActiveRecord. 3. I suggest that you obtain the use of a copy of "The Rails Way" by Obie Fernandez or either "Ruby for Rails" or "The Well-Grounder Rubist" by David A. Black before you go much further into your project. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
