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should I always set default values for e.g integer in migration?
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add :count, :int, default: 0
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You should use a default if it makes sense for the field. For example if a field is nullable, then maybe you can leave out the default and it will be null.
Or let’s say you have an appointments table and you have a “start_time” field that contains when the appointment starts. What would be a sensible default for this? Well, the DB cannot know when the appointment should start so you can’t set a default. So you would usually want a non-nullable field with no default. Then if you try to insert a row without a “start_time” value, your code will crash and show you that you have made an error.