require 'ipaddr' class ChangeIpToInetInViews < ActiveRecord::Migration def up table = :views add_column table, :ip_address, :inet execute "UPDATE views SET ip_address = inet( (ip >> 24 & 255) || '.' || (ip >> 16 & 255) || '.' || (ip >> 8 & 255) || '.' || (ip >> 0 & 255) );" change_column table, :ip_address, :inet, { :null => false } remove_column table, :ip end def down raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration end end