Check If A Table Exists In Rails
Answer : In Rails 5 the API became explicit regarding tables/views, collectively data sources . # Tables and views ActiveRecord::Base.connection.data_sources ActiveRecord::Base.connection.data_source_exists? 'kittens' # Tables ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists? 'kittens' # Views ActiveRecord::Base.connection.views ActiveRecord::Base.connection.view_exists? 'kittens' In Rails 2, 3 & 4 the API is about tables . # Listing of all tables and views ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables # Checks for existence of kittens table/view (Kitten model) ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists? 'kittens' Getting the status of migrations: # Tells you all migrations run ActiveRecord::Migrator.get_all_versions # Tells you the current schema version ActiveRecord::Migrator.current_version If you need more APIs for migrations or metadata see: ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration this is the ActiveRecord::Base...