https://forums.pragprog.com/forums/66/topics/409 en-us 60 <p>In Rails 2.0.2 and prior, migration names started with a number with a minimum length of 3, left padded with zeros as necessary. So after 009 comes 010; after 099 comes 100; and after 999 comes 1000. In other words, it does the equivalent of:</p> <pre> sprintf("%03d", n) </pre> <p>In Rails 2.1, migration names start with a timestamp, so this problem is avoided entirely.</p> Tue, 06 May 2008 17:58:13 -0000 forums.pragprog.com:66:409:2738 Sam Ruby https://forums.pragprog.com/forums/66/topics/409 <p>Stupid silly question, but what happens if you exceed 999 migrations / changes to your database?</p> <p>I ask because each migration&#8217;s name starts with 00x, so what after 999 ;)</p> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:21:39 -0000 forums.pragprog.com:66:409:2736 tommy kelly https://forums.pragprog.com/forums/66/topics/409