chensan
I have a User schema with a :from_id field set to type :string:
defmodule TweetBot.Repo.Migrations.CreateUsers do
use Ecto.Migration
def change do
create table(:users) do
add :from_id, :string
add :access_token, :string
timestamps()
end
create unique_index(:users, [:from_id])
end
end
Later I want to change type of :from_id to :integer,
defmodule TweetBot.Repo.Migrations.AlterUsers do
use Ecto.Migration
def change do
alter table(:users) do
modify(:from_id, :integer)
end
end
end
But I got this error running mix ecto.migrate:
** (Postgrex.Error) ERROR 42804 (datatype_mismatch): column “from_id” cannot be cast automatically to type integer
I just thought it might because I have data in database, so I drop the whole database, and run mix ecto.migrate again, the error still shows.
I also search the ecto repo on github, no simillar issue there. Seems there’s an answer on stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13170570/change-type-of-varchar-field-to-integer-cannot-be-cast-automatically-to-type-i for Rails, but how can I do it in ecto?
Thanks if anyone can help.
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fmcgeough
Yeah. That’s a Postgresql restriction. You’ll have to execute SQL to convert it.
alter table users alter column from_id type integer using (from_id::integer);if you use psql and attempt to do the SQL directly it actually provides a hint on this:
HINT: You might need to specify “USING from_id::integer”.
so:
OvermindDL1
@fmcgeough
execute/2exists that takes both an up and down argument so you don’t need to split them.fmcgeough
Oooo thanks! I wasn’t aware of that!
chensan
@OvermindDL1 @fmcgeough Thank you both for your help