add_column for references (Rails)
While it's too late to get any points out of this, I thought I'd post the best way for posterity :)
use change_table
instead of create_table
to add columns to a table that already exists, with all the TableDefinition goodness:
self.up do change_table :comments do |t| t.references :author endend
This might seem trivial, but other gems like Devise make heavy use of their own custom table definitions, and this way you can still use them.
Finally got it
add_column :locations, :state_id , :integer, :references => "states"