Doug Jolley wrote: >> In Rails, a model normally maps to a table. > > Yes; but, it appears that in this case it would be really nice if I > could have a single model and then somehow simply switch between > associated tables. (I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to do it.)
Why not just subclass? class Person < ActiveRecord::Base self.abstract_class = true # this will prevent Rails from expecting a "people" table # common features go here end class Client < Person ... end class Prospect < Person ... end That should do the trick! Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
