class CreateMessages < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2] def self.up create_table :messages, options: "ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci" do |t| t.column "sender_id", :integer t.column "receiver_id", :integer t.column "replying_message_id", :integer t.column "body", :text t.column "replied", :boolean # this is for efficiency t.timestamps end end def self.down drop_table :messages end end