class CreateAddresses < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up db_name = ActiveRecord::Base::connection.current_database() execute "ALTER DATABASE #{db_name} CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci" create_table :addresses do |t| t.column :street, :text t.column :postal_code, :string t.column :city, :string t.column :country, :string end end def self.down drop_table :addresses end end