September 01, 2023

Enhancing Ecto Schemas with the :source Option

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Enhancing Ecto Schemas with the :source Option

Source: johnelmlabs.com

John Curran's article explains a technique to make Ecto schema fields more self-explanatory by adding a question mark to boolean field names. He explains that directly adding a question mark to a field name would result in an error, as Ecto maps these field names directly to database columns. By using the :source option in the Ecto schema definition, developers can maintain clear naming conventions in their Elixir code, while ensuring the correct database mappings. Furthermore, the :source option can help perform column renaming safely, without the need for risky database migrations.

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