# This patches ActiveRecord so indexes for binary columns created using the # MySQL adapter apply a length of 20. Otherwise MySQL can't create an index on # binary columns. module MysqlSetLengthForBinaryIndexAndIgnorePostgresOptionsForSchema # This method is used in Rails 5 schema loading as t.index def index(column_names, options = {}) # Ignore indexes that use opclasses, # also see config/initializers/mysql_ignore_postgresql_options.rb if options[:opclasses] warn "WARNING: index on columns #{column_names} uses unsupported option, skipping." return end options[:length] ||= {} Array(column_names).each do |column_name| column = columns.find { |c| c.name == column_name } if column&.type == :binary options[:length][column_name] = 20 end end super(column_names, options) end end if defined?(ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MySQL::TableDefinition) ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MySQL::TableDefinition.send(:prepend, MysqlSetLengthForBinaryIndexAndIgnorePostgresOptionsForSchema) end