On Sep 15, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Tim Glen wrote:
Hey all,
I've got some code that I (mostly) inherited. It essentially has a
couple of AR class methods that look for a specific record by id:
class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
class << self
def specific_project
@another_specific_project ||= Project.find(10) if
Project.exists?(10)
end
def another_specific_project
@specific_project ||= Project.find(11) if Project.exists?(11)
end
end
end
Why don't use just use a slug for these things? In other words - use a
unique name for each record, since the numbers 10 and 11 don't mean
much to anyone.
Then, use a factory (like FixtureReplacement or Object Daddy) to
generate the records in env.rb. Here's how you'd do that with
FixtureReplacement (at the bottom of your env.rb file):
include FixtureReplacement
create_project(:slug => "my-unique-name-for-project1")
create_project(:slug => "my-unique-name-for-the-second-project")
Scott
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