Hey,
I'm writing an application that stores models attributes in a single
column called `data`, using Marshal. My ultimate goal is to allow any/
all records to be saved in one database table. I'm wondering if
there's a better way to do this, and also if I should Base64 encode
the result of Marshal.dump as mentioned here:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/164786#723805
Here's my current code:
# Post(id: integer, data: text, type: string, created_at: datetime,
updated_at: datetime)
class Content < ActiveRecord::Base
private
def unmarshal
Marshal.load(self.data)
end
end
class Post < Content
before_save :marshal
def title
unmarshal[:title]
end
def title=(value)
@title = value
end
private
def marshal
self.data = Marshal.dump({ :title => self.title })
end
end
Thanks for any tips/help!
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