How do you write a migration to rename a Model and its table in Rails?

Question

I'm terrible at naming and realize that there are a better set of names for my models in my Rails app. Is there a way to use a migration to rename a model and its table?

Answer 1

Found the answer at http://dizzy.co.uk/ruby_on_rails/cheatsheets/rails-migrations#rename_table.

Here's an example:

class RenameOldTableToNewTable< ActiveRecord:Migration
    def self.up
        rename_table :old_table_name, :new_table_name
    end 
    def self.down
        rename_table :new_table_name, :old_table_name
    end
 end

I had to go and rename the model declaration file manually.