Thanks, Colin. I figured it out. It turns out CanCan does support what I want.
On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > On Monday, March 5, 2012 2:26:29 PM UTC-3, Colin Law wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 17:19, Mohamad El-Husseini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Struggling to figure this out.. any tips would be helpful. > > > > My app has Account, User, and Relationship models. Relationship model > has a > > relationship_type column that determines authorization level: "owner", > > "moderator", etc... > > > > I'm not how to scope the relationship model in the context of an account. > > For example, one user can own two accounts, be a moderator on one, and a > > guest on several others. I looked at CanCan, but it does not take my > > approach to authorization; in that, the having an extra relationship_type > > column in the Relationship model to determine authorization. So I'm not > sure > > if my approach is flawed... > > You have not explained (for me anyway) exactly what you are having > difficulty with. Your models seem to do precisely what you want. Can > you explain exactly what you cannot see how to do? > > Colin > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/zCLF3Ac31ccJ. 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.
