class UniqueUserUrls < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up # do last registered ones first, so the last ones get rubbish URLs User.find(:all, :order => "id desc").each do |user| user.update_url_name user.save! end remove_index :users, :url_name add_index :users, :url_name, :unique => true end def self.down remove_index :users, :url_name add_index :users, :url_name, :unique => false end end