On Nov 19, 2:42 pm, Rasmus Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I have this model called InventoryItem. Every time an InventoryItem is > created (through the CharactersController and the create_item action) I > need to update others tables and make lookups in other tables, to check > if the Character has the prerequisites to actually create the > InventoryItem.
I think validate_on_create is where you want to ensure that it's ok to create the InventoryItem. Then use before_create to actually do the work of updating the related models. It's only called if all the validations pass. > My problem is that I cannot seem to find a good place to put this logic. > I've tried to put it in a InventoryItem#validate_on_create. This is a > hassle, because the InventoryItem has no direct association to all the > things it need to check/update. Why not? Sounds like an InventoryItem is associated to a Character, and so you should have access to all of Character's related tables as well. Maybe I'm missing something about the way you've setup your models? Jeff purpleworkshops.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
