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Description: Stubs out a new model. Pass the model name, either CamelCased or under_scored, and an optional list of attribute pairs as arguments. Attribute pairs are field:type arguments specifying the model's attributes. Timestamps are added by default, so you don't have to specify them by hand as 'created_at:datetime updated_at:datetime'. You don't have to think up every attribute up front, but it helps to sketch out a few so you can start working with the model immediately. This generator invokes your configured ORM and test framework, which defaults to ActiveRecord and TestUnit. Finally, if --parent option is given, it's used as superclass of the created model. This allows you create Single Table Inheritance models. If you pass a namespaced model name (e.g. admin/account or Admin::Account) then the generator will create a module with a table_name_prefix method to prefix the model's table name with the module name (e.g. admin_account) Available field types: Just after the field name you can specify a type like text or boolean. It will generate the column with the associated SQL type. For instance: `rails generate model post title:string body:text` will generate a title column with a varchar type and a body column with a text type. You can use the following types: integer primary_key decimal float boolean binary string text date time datetime timestamp You can also consider `references` as a kind of type. For instance, if you run: `rails generate model photo title:string album:references` It will generate an `album_id` column. You should generate these kinds of fields when you will use a `belongs_to` association, for instance. `references` also supports polymorphism, you can enable polymorphism like this: `rails generate model product supplier:references{polymorphic}` For integer, string, text and binary fields, an integer in curly braces will be set as the limit: `rails generate model user pseudo:string{30}` For decimal, two integers separated by a comma in curly braces will be used for precision and scale: `rails generate model product 'price:decimal{10,2}'` You can add a `:uniq` or `:index` suffix for unique or standard indexes respectively: `rails generate model user pseudo:string:uniq` `rails generate model user pseudo:string:index` You can combine any single curly brace option with the index options: `rails generate model user username:string{30}:uniq` `rails generate model product supplier:references{polymorphic}:index` Examples: `rails generate model account` For ActiveRecord and TestUnit it creates: Model: app/models/account.rb Test: test/models/account_test.rb Fixtures: test/fixtures/accounts.yml Migration: db/migrate/XXX_create_accounts.rb `rails generate model post title:string body:text published:boolean` Creates a Post model with a string title, text body, and published flag. `rails generate model admin/account` For ActiveRecord and TestUnit it creates: Module: app/models/admin.rb Model: app/models/admin/account.rb Test: test/models/admin/account_test.rb Fixtures: test/fixtures/admin/accounts.yml Migration: db/migrate/XXX_create_admin_accounts.rb