class AddCounterCacheToProtocols < ActiveRecord::Migration def up add_column :protocols, :nr_of_synced_children, :integer, default: 0 # Okay, now initialize the values of synced children Protocol.find_each do |protocol| children_count = select_value("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM protocols WHERE parent_id=#{protocol.id};") protocol.update(nr_of_synced_children: children_count) end end def down remove_column :protocols, :nr_of_synced_children end end