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POGiven an array of (sanitized) attribute headers (metatags), how might I automatically create columns for each in my database based on those tags?
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So here is the unformatted list (this one, an income statement, has over row headers like these, so yes, automation is the way to go here). ["Revenue", "Other Revenue, Total", "Total Revenue", "Cost of Revenue, Total"...] Here is the list after I ran each array entity (string) through my simple little sanitizer program, <code>CleanZeeString.new.go(str)</code>. ["revenue", "other_revenue_total", "total_revenue", "cost_of_revenue_total"...] So, I want to access Rails methods that will allow me to at least partially automate the database column creation process and migration, because this list has over 50 row headers, there are more lists, and I simply do not believe in doing things by hand anymore.
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