I can't help but think of the commercial (Visa I think) playing during the world cup where the child had all the names of players on a winning squad from an earlier world cup....
On Jul 30, 6:44 am, bingo bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > An unlimited amount? > > Well yes, I believe so. In the vast majority of cases people just have > firstname surname, also firstname middlename surname. But in essence > they could have 100 middle names; although it's a little unlikely I > don't believe there are legal constraints here in the UK. > > Pragmatically though - > I think I'll go with a minor adaptation(s) of your first solution.. > > ProposedNames table with the following columns: > > user_id :integer > forename :string > midname1 :string > midname2 :string > midname3 :string > midname4 :string > midname5 :string > surname :string > gender :string > > Really appreciate your other points re how I might handle the form and > logic. Got to love railscasts, I'd be nowhere without them, they are > truly excellent. > -- > Posted viahttp://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.

