class MoveProfileBackgroundToUserProfiles < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2] def up add_column :user_profiles, :profile_background, :string, limit: 255 execute "UPDATE user_profiles SET profile_background = (SELECT profile_background FROM users WHERE user_profiles.user_id = users.id)" remove_column :users, :profile_background end def down add_column :users, :profile_background, :string, limit: 255 execute "UPDATE users SET profile_background = (SELECT profile_background FROM user_profiles WHERE user_profiles.user_id = users.id)" remove_column :user_profiles, :profile_background end end