Tom Mac wrote: > Hi > I have a message model and message_participants table. > message_participants table because same message goes to various > recipients. > Messaging between either company to users OR user to company. [...] > Here about 'type' field I am not sure. My question is should I treat > message_participants like STI or polymorphic? I can't decide it.
STI: single-table *inheritance*. Does User inherit from Company, or Company from User? Probably not. So no inheritance is involved, and you probably want a polymorphic association. 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.
