Excluding tables from migrations

Question

It would be nice to be able to ignore certain tables/regions/modules from migrations. Just like how the model-disabled property works.

My current solution is to setup a separate project file with just the tables I want. But it is not ideal.

Using Laravel Skipper 3.2.20.1575

Answer 1

Hi,

I'm not sure if such a feature is a good way to go.

Currently, it's possible to disable migrations for a whole model or disable one specific migration through the migration management window.

But feature to disable migrations for one table/assoc/etc can lead to several inconsistencies in the project.

Even the current solution where is possible to disable migrations on a whole module can lead to situations when another table is referring table from the disabled module. Such associations/tables will not be correctly created through the migration process.

What is the use-case for such feature? Why you need to disable migration for one specific table? Wouldn't be a solution to create such "static" tables and disable the migration revision for it?

Comments

Very true.

Part of the value I find in this tool is how well it can visualise/explain a database. There are cases where third party packages often handle their own migrations/models and are "static".

I will try out your advice on creating the static tables and then disabling the revision.

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Perfect!

Feel free to let me know if it's suitable or not. If necessary, we will try to find a way how to implement it.

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