Hassan Schroeder wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Marnen Laibow-Koser > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> That didn't work but got me thinking in a workable direction, thanks. >> >> Why didn't it work? �That should be foolproof, unless I screwed up the >> syntax. > >>> User.max(:id) + 10 > NoMethodError: undefined method `max' for #<Class:0x101e8f060>
OK, syntax goof. Sorry. > >> Data integrity checking isn't business logic in the usual sense -- and >> it really is the job of the database. > > I'll disagree. In this case, requiring a valid user to be associated > with > an object *is* a business decision; tomorrow, I could decide to allow > anonymous object creation, or anonymous creation in some specific > circumstances only. Then you can change your schema at that point. Till then, YAGNI. > > Committing a code fix to that effect is a lot better to my thinking than > requiring everyone involved to make the comparable changes in all > their DB instances (if it's even possible to handle that logic in the > DB). WTF? Don't you use migrations? That's what they're for. Anyway, crippling your current app because of a future situation that may not ever occur is extremely bad practice. Develop for what you have *now*. Sorry, Hassan. Normally I respect your posts here very much, but in this case I think you're coming up with increasingly tenuous justifications for a very bad design decision. > > YMMV, > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] > twitter: @hassan > > -- > > 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. 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.
