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Deprecate create alias of insert in connection adapters

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insert / update / delete correspond to their SQL DML verbs, but create reads like DDL (create_table / create_database) rather than the INSERT it actually performs.

Deprecate `create` alias of `insert` in connection adapters by kamipo · Pull Request #58426 · rails/rails · GitHub

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Deprecate create alias of insert in connection adapters - #58426

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insert, update, delete correspond to their SQL DML verbs, but create reads like DDL (create_table, create_database) rather than the INSERT it actually performs. The alias is confusing and offers no value over calling insert directly.

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kamipo force-pushed the deprecate_create_alias_of_insert branch 2 times, most recently from e0be00c to 7ef8254 Compare August 9, 2026 12:34

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[Deprecate `create` alias of `insert` in connection adapters](/rails/rails/pull/58426/commits/b571a7f159bf817f196f4dbfcc7533e64c5f8772 "Deprecate `create` alias of `insert` in connection adapters `insert`, `update`, `delete` correspond to their SQL DML verbs, but `create` reads like DDL (`create_table`, `create_database`) rather than the `INSERT` it actually performs. The alias is confusing and offers no value over calling `insert` directly.") …

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`insert`, `update`, `delete` correspond to their SQL DML verbs, but `create` reads like DDL (`create_table`, `create_database`) rather than the `INSERT` it actually performs. The alias is confusing and offers no value over calling `insert` directly.

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kamipo force-pushed the deprecate_create_alias_of_insert branch from 7ef8254 to b571a7f Compare August 10, 2026 08:48

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kamipo deleted the deprecate_create_alias_of_insert branch August 10, 2026 11:19

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