class AddMyModuleGroupsToProject < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2] def change add_column :my_module_groups, :project_id, :integer # Update current module groups MyModuleGroup.all.each do |my_module_group| if my_module_group.my_modules.present? then my_module_group.project_id = my_module_group.my_modules.first.project.id my_module_group.save end end # Now make column non-nullable change_column :my_module_groups, :project_id, :integer, :null => false add_foreign_key :my_module_groups, :projects add_index :my_module_groups, :project_id end end