How Should I use percent values in my database for a Rails app?

Question

I am very new to Ruby on Rails, and I was looking for a way to include decimals in my database. For example, if I wanted to take a total score and and multiply it by a certain rate to get a new score. Would I use rails g model student name:string,score:integer,rate:decimal ?

Answer 1

Yes - you can use that to generate your model. But, could you explain in more detail what you are trying to do? The first statement "was looking for a way to include decimals in my database." - seems orthogonal to the "would i use..." question.