On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Ashley Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> One downside to STI is it forces you to leave NULL columns for attributes > that don't exist in all models. This is also really bad for integrity. > I think all of your comments make sense, but I did just want to call out that "the Rails way" is not typically concerned with this sort of integrity at the database level. It's handled in the model. Whether that's a good or bad thing can be debated, but it does explain why STI's drawbacks don't outweigh its strengths (primarily speed, compared to CTI, because of the lack of joins) in the minds of true Rails believers. ///ark
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