And it would be cool to be able to say: @user.student # if the role was present or give nil otherwise.
On Mar 12, 12:11 am, David Beckwith <[email protected]> wrote: > This would be cool to have in Rails. > > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :roles > end > > class Role < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :user > belongs_to :rolable, :polymorphic => true > end > > class Student < ActiveRecord::Base > has_one :role, :as => :rolable > has_one :user, :through => :rolable # * This is not possible > yet in Rails (I think). > end > > class Teacher < ActiveRecord::Base > has_one :role, :as => :rolable > has_one :user, :through => :rolable # * This is not possible > yet in Rails. > end > > Then be able to say: > > @student.user # Instead of having to say @student.role.user > > Or even better be able to say @student.email when `email` was a column > of User but not Student. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
