To get this to work, you'd need to return an AssociationCollection, which is going to be tricky. Association extensions aren't *generally* combinable like this; I think you may be thinking about named scopes.
--Matt Jones On Jun 23, 11:58 am, harm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Consider the following models: > class Sheep < AR::B > belongs_to :herd > > def some_virtual_attribute > #returns something sortable > end > end > > class Herd < AR::B > has_many :sheep do > def some_method > #do something useful > end > end > end > > I want to be able to do: > some_herd.sheep.some_method > > But the collection sheep should be sorted on the > some_virtual_attribute of Sheep. > > I tried something along the line of: > has_many :sheep do > def ordered > sort {|a,b| a.some_virtual_attribute <=> > b.some_virtual_attribute} > end > end > > This however returns an instance of Array on which the 'some_method' > is not defined. How can I solve this? > > With kind regards, > Harm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
