A way to rename a source's display_name and description without recreating the DB?

[r.ivim...@elifesciences.org]

Folks

Is there a way to rename a source's display_name and description without recreating the DB for it. I'm thinking of some sort of update hook perhaps?

The change is to the code:

pubmed = PubMed.find_or_create_by_name(

  :name => "pubmed",

  :display_name => "PubMed Central",

(which used to be just 'PubMed') but of course such a change only affects the creation of a new DB. However I am trying to retain the already-captured data.

Is editing the 'sources' table using mysql client the best way? - I would prefer something less reliant on manual typing.

Regards

Ruth

[Martin Fenner]

Ruth,

why don’t you update the display_name and description in the admin web interface?

Best,

Martin

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[r.ivim...@elifesciences.org]

> why don’t you update the display_name and description in the admin web interface? 

Partly, because I forget that you can edit more than you can see before you hit edit when on the config page :-)

Partly because I have got used to writing text file updates to 'roll out' changes and I was wondering if a similar mechanism, such as the 'db/migrate' code, would be suitable.

I have ended up with a SQL file containing update statements that I can execute on test and prod servers.