ActiveRecord finding existing table indexes

Question

I am writing a migration generator for a plugin I am writing and I need to to be able to find what unique indexes a table has so I can modify existing unique indexes to become a

Answer 1

If you just want to see all the indexes for a particular table you can do:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.indexes('my_table_name').map(&:name)

Answer 2

Just an update for cleaner inspection. As I had many tables I was finding it difficult to search for specific stuffs.

  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.each do |table|
  indexes = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.indexes(table)
  if indexes.length > 0
    puts "====>  #{table} <===="
    indexes.each do |ind|
      puts "----> #{ind.name}"
    end
    puts "====>  #{table} <===="
    2.times{ puts ''}
  end
end

This will be of quick setup.

Answer 3

Just in case you have multiple DBs and the proposed ActiveRecord::Base.connection.indexes(table).inspect doesn't work because it is pointing to other DBs. You can do this in your rails console.

• Find the model you care, let's say "User"
• User.connection.indexes("users").inspect
• profit

Answer 4

This works with MySQL, SQLite3, and Postgres:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.each do |table|
    puts ActiveRecord::Base.connection.indexes(table).inspect
end

But I think it only gives you the indexes you specifically created.

Also, to find out which adapter is in use:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.class