class ChangeAuthorIdToNotNullInTodos < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2] include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers class Todo < ActiveRecord::Base self.table_name = 'todos' include EachBatch end BATCH_SIZE = 1000 DOWNTIME = false disable_ddl_transaction! def up Todo.where(author_id: nil).each_batch(of: BATCH_SIZE) do |batch| batch.delete_all end change_column_null :todos, :author_id, false end def down change_column_null :todos, :author_id, true end end