class AddAuthors < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table :authors do |t| t.column :name, :string t.column :ip, :string end master_chief = Author.create(:name => "Master Chief", :ip => "127.0.0.1") Version.find(:all).each { |version| version.author = master_chief; version.save } end def self.down drop_table :authors end end