[Rails] Re: Changing names in an app -- advice wanted

Hi,

Maybe the best way is just to recreate the app using the new names and
then re-implement the enhancements I added to reach the current
version. I'm going to start that approach while I wait for some
advice about a better way.

Regards,
Richard

On May 13, 4:18 pm, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got an app close to ready as version 1,  but client wants labels
> on a form and corresponding column names in the database changed, e.g.
> the label/column named "purpose" to  "description".
>
> I've got a form defined in app\views\expenses\new.html.erb with a
> field defined as:
>
>     <%= f.label :purpose %><br />
>     <%= f.text_field :purpose %>
>
> Of course the name "purpose" appears, among other places, also in
> app\views\expenses\index.html.erb
>
> <table>
>   <tr>
>     <th>Purpose</th>
>        [snip]
>   </tr>
>
> <% @expenses.each do |expense| %>
>   <tr>
>     <td><%=h expense.purpose %></td>
>
> In short, can I make changes like this:
> 1. simply through the "change" mechanism of migration -or-
> 2. with a Ruby program to make case-sensitive changes in all files
> with names ending in .rb or .html -or
> 3. some other way aside from manually?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Richard
>
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