How to override naming conventions in ROR
It is easy to override the naming conventions in ROR, which specify how the model class and database should be named.
The ApplicationRecord class, which defines multiple helpful methods, is inherited from ApplicationRecord::Base, which enables overriding the standard naming conventions. We can easily specify the name of the table by using ActiveRecord::Base.table_name= and setting as the name as we please.
class Vehicle < ApplicationRecordself.table_name = "sedan"end
If we opt for this method, we have to manually define the class name that is hosting the fixtures (sedan.yml). We can do this by including the method of set_fixture_class in the test definition.
class VehicleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCaseset_fixture_class model: Vehiclefixtures :sedan# ...end
We can also override the column that is used as the primary key of a table with the help of the ActiveRecord::Base.primary_key= method.
class Vehicle < ApplicationRecordself.primary_key = "registrationNumber"end
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