Rails Meets PostgreSQL 18

📰 Dev.to · Germán Alberto Gimenez Silva

Learn how to integrate Rails with PostgreSQL 18, leveraging its new features like virtual generated columns

intermediate Published 11 Feb 2026
Action Steps
  1. Update your Rails application to support PostgreSQL 18
  2. Configure the database.yml file to use the new protocol
  3. Create a migration to add virtual generated columns to your tables
  4. Test the virtual generated columns using Rails console
  5. Optimize your queries to take advantage of the new features
Who Needs to Know This

Rails developers and database administrators can benefit from this integration to improve their application's performance and data management

Key Insight

💡 PostgreSQL 18 introduces virtual generated columns, which can improve data management and query performance in Rails applications

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