class AddAcceptCommentsToArticles < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up add_column :articles, :accept_comments, :boolean, :default => true execute 'update articles set accept_comments = (1>0)' add_column :article_versions, :accept_comments, :boolean, :default => true execute 'update article_versions set accept_comments = (1>0)' end def self.down remove_column :articles, :accept_comments remove_column :article_versions, :accept_comments end end