Cheers,
Thanks for that. Certainly a better option than constantly updating
never_shows.
:)

On Jun 24, 2:19 am, Bryan Larsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> To keep it DRY, I'd define a view_permitted_helper in your base class
> that could be called from view_permitted? in your subclasses with the
> list of allowable attributes.  If I understand your question correctly,
> that should achieve your goals.
>
> cheers,
> Bryan
>
>
>
> Hamilton wrote:
> > Got STI working nicely.
> > However I only want certain fields to show up in forms, views, etc...
> > If I used never_show, I would need to update virtually all subclasses
> > never_show to exclude fields form view / edit, etc...
> > Is there a show_only or something.
> > So I have
> > class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> > hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>
> >   fields do
> >     #General for all subclasses
> >     name :string #name of the item. Might be used in LineItem
> >     code:string #code of the item. Used in LineItem
> >     timestamps
> >     inactive:boolean #if this item is inactive or not. If inactive
> > then no listed in Store, etc... Also not
> >     description:text #general description of the item. Used in
> > LineItem
> >     discount_rate:decimal #the rate of discount applied
> >     is_percentage:boolean
> >     sti_type :string
> >   end
>
> >   set_inheritance_column :sti_type
>
> > In ItemDescription
>
> > class ItemDescription < Item
>
> >   never_show  :code, discount_rate, is_percentage
>
> >     def view_permitted?(field)
> >      true
>
> >   end
> > end
>
> > There will be more subclasses of Item and a lot more fields in Item.
> > I just want to say in ItemDescription only use / show these certain
> > fields. I. E the opposite of never_show. That way when new fields are
> > added to Item, I only need to update certain subclasess.
>
> > Help if you can :)
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