Foon wrote: > I will opt for the string column storage solution since I definitely > need to have 64-bit unsigned integers. Moreover, that would enable my > applicaton to handle even larger integers would that become a > requirement, which is very likely. > Regarding my app, each value will be converted to int in the following > fashion, making the conversion transparent and fluid: > > def after_initialize > self.value = value.to_i > end
You could make this slightly more Railsy with composed_of, too. > > No conversion to string is required while persisting the instance as > Rails take care of it by its own. Not that bad. > Thanks for your help Fred and Jeffrey 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
