Adding db seed, fixing migration issues

README.rdoc

@@ -13,9 +13,5 @@ To use:
 * Copy config/config.yml.example to config/config.yml and edit appropriately
 * Copy config/database.yml.example to config/database.yml and edit appropriately
 * Copy config/initializers/secret_token.rb.example to config/config/initializers/secret_token.rb and edit appropriately
-* Run bundle install, rake db:migrate, etc.
+* See/edit db/seeds.rb for the initial admin account info.
-* Use the Rails console to create a new User with admin rights
+* Run bundle install, rake db:migrate, rake db:seed, etc.
-  * user = User.new
-  * user.password = "foobar"
-  * user.admin = true
-  * user.save

db/migrate/20130125124102_change_users_member_to_integer.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 class ChangeUsersMemberToInteger < ActiveRecord::Migration
-  def change
+  def up
-    change_column :users, :member, :integer
+    execute 'ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN member TYPE integer USING (member::integer)'
+  end
+
+  def down
+    execute 'ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN member TYPE text USING (member::text)'
   end
 end

db/migrate/20130922064241_change_member_level_to_integer.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 class ChangeMemberLevelToInteger < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def up
-    change_column :users, :member_level, :integer
+    execute 'ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN member_level TYPE integer USING (member_level::integer)'
   end
 
   def down
-    change_column :users, :member_level, :string
+    execute 'ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN member_level TYPE text USING (member_level::text)'
   end
 end

db/seeds.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+User.create({
+  name: "Admin", 
+  email: "admin@example.com", 
+  password: "password",
+  admin: true
+})