On 2/22/06, Nathaniel S. H. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am pretty sure this has been brought up elsewhere, and have heard it
> discussed a few places myself.
>
> I want to know what thoughts surround the concept of having ActiveRecord
> have methods such as
>
> class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
> column :first_name, :string => 255
> column :description, :text
> column :created_on, :datetime
> column :random_number, :integer
> column :cost, :float
> end
Here's your plugin in just 6 lines of code.
# init.rb
class << ActiveRecord::Base
def columns() @columns ||= []; end
def column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true)
columns << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s,
default, sql_type.to_s, null)
end
end
http://rails.techno-weenie.net/tip/2005/11/19/validate_your_forms_with_a_table_less_model
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Rick Olson
http://techno-weenie.net
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