How to set default values in Rails?

Question

I\'m trying to find the best way to set default values for objects in Rails.

The best I can think of is to set the default value in the new method in

Answer 1

For boolean fields in Rails 3.2.6 at least, this will work in your migration.

def change
  add_column :users, :eula_accepted, :boolean, default: false
end

Putting a 1 or 0 for a default will not work here, since it is a boolean field. It must be a true or false value.