Thanks Sarah.
On Feb 23, 12:36 pm, Sarah Mei <[email protected]> wrote: > Create a single row in the user table to represent the anonymous user, > and associate the IP address with the edit instead of with the user. > That way you don't clutter your database with anonymous users but you > still retain the IP for each edit. > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Daniel Choi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I forgot to mention the requirement that if an anonymous visitor edits > > a page, their IP address is recorded. > > > On Feb 23, 10:58 am, Daniel Choi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm writing a wiki-based website from scratch and would like some > >> suggestions on the best way to deal with this common situation. A page > >> can be edited by a logged-in and registered user or by an anonymous > >> visitor. If a user edits the page, the model object representing the > >> edit is associated with a user via a user_id foreign key. But if an > >> anonymous visitor can edit the page too, what's the best way to model > >> this? > > >> One idea I'm entertaining is to make a polymorphic relationship > >> between the edit or page version and two different classes: a User > >> class and an AnonymousVisitor class. But I'm not sure. > > >> Thanks in advance for your tips and suggestions. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
