Laravel db migration - renameColumn error - Unknown database type enum requested

Question

I am using Laravel 4.2. I have the following library loaded in my composer.json

\"doctrine/dbal\": \"2.4.*\",

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Answer 1

Currently, there is no legal solution for this problem except avoiding enums, but there is a workaround:

Create migration with the following:

public function up()
{
    DB::statement("ALTER TABLE `table` CHANGE `example_enum_column` `example_enum_column` ENUM('enum1', 'enum2', 'enum3+');");
}

And that will do the trick with the ENUM update you are looking for. Additionally, you can create handle down functions to revert field status as it used to be:

 public function down() 
 {
     DB::statement("ALTER TABLE `table` CHANGE `example_enum_column` `example_enum_column` ENUM('enum1', 'enum2');"); 
 }