Steve Nelson wrote: > Hello Marnen, > > I appreciate your insight - it sounds like the voice of experience to > me. > :-) > > I don't actually intend to use this "log_number" attribute as a key in > the database. An Assignment will always be unambiguously identified by > the id it was "born" with. The log number is important in the analog > end of our business, but as far as the database goes it's of similar > importance to, say, the floor number in the client's shipping address > if that makes sense.
Then stop using the log_number in the analog end! Just use the primary key. Give it out when the record is created, use it as you were using the log_number before...you get the idea. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
