class AddUsernameLowerToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2] def up add_column :users, :username_lower, :string, limit: 20 execute "update users set username_lower = lower(username)" add_index :users, [:username_lower], unique: true change_column :users, :username_lower, :string, limit: 20, null: false end def down remove_column :users, :username_lower end end