Select_Description_Products_Orders_1>3 On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Danimal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Hello all! > > I have a conundrum that I'm _sure_ someone else has already thought of > and solved. How does one best handle the scenario of association > object changes and data integrity? > > For example, if I have a standard ecommerce site that sells Products > and people can have Orders and an Order has_many Products... then, > what happens if Product #3 is part of Order #2 but at some point, the > shop owner goes in and edits Product #3 to change it's description... > or it's price... or marks it as "no longer for sale"? Now, Order #2 is > referencing Product #3 via the association but the data in Product #3 > is no longer the right data for the Order? > > I can imagine a number of ways to handle this, but none of them seem > ideal. I'm curious what people do in this type of (very?) common > scenario. > > Thanks! > > -Danimal > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
