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rails db

Various database-related subcommands for Ruby on Rails. More information: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html.
  • Create databases, load the schema, and initialize with seed data:
    rails db:setup
  • Access the database console:
    rails db
  • Create the databases defined in the current environment:
    rails db:create
  • Destroy the databases defined in the current environment:
    rails db:drop
  • Run pending migrations:
    rails db:migrate
  • View the status of each migration file:
    rails db:migrate:status
  • Rollback the last migration:
    rails db:rollback
  • Fill the current database with data defined in db/seeds.rb:
    rails db:seed

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