Sequel.migration do up do add_column :visualizations, :user_id, :uuid SequelRails.connection.transaction do SequelRails.connection.run(%Q{ UPDATE visualizations SET user_id = maps.user_id FROM maps WHERE maps.user_id IN (SELECT users.id FROM users) AND visualizations.user_id IS NULL AND visualizations.map_id = maps.id }) end end down do drop_column :visualizations, :user_id end end