ActiveRecord::Schema.define do create_table :books, :options=>'ENGINE=MyISAM', :force=>true do |t| t.column :title, :string, :null=>false t.column :publisher, :string, :null=>false, :default => 'Default Publisher' t.column :author_name, :string, :null=>false t.column :created_at, :datetime t.column :created_on, :datetime t.column :updated_at, :datetime t.column :updated_on, :datetime t.column :publish_date, :date t.column :topic_id, :integer t.column :for_sale, :boolean, :default => true end execute "ALTER TABLE books ADD FULLTEXT( `title`, `publisher`, `author_name` )" end